R&D Funding

Eligibility for CIIRDF Funding

Eligible Recipients
Eligible recipients are firms, organizations or institutions established in Canada and in Israel, which are prepared to conduct joint research, development and innovation activities, and which can demonstrate their ability to achieve the stated objectives of the proposed project. Eligible recipients may be incorporated entities, partnerships, cooperatives, or any trustee or legal representative thereof, or groups or alliances of eligible recipients where a lead recipient has been identified. Agencies of the Crown (including Crown corporations, government institutes, government laboratories, etc.) and universities may be allowed as members of alliances, but not as lead recipients.

Eligible Activities

The following activities in any area of industrial technology development are eligible for CIIRDF funding:

Joint industrial research: planned search or critical investigation aimed at the discovery of new knowledge, with the objective that such knowledge may be useful in developing new products, processes or services, or in bringing about a significant improvement to existing products, processes or services;
Joint pre-competitive development: translation of industrial research findings into a plan, blueprint or design for new, modified or improved products, processes or services; conceptual formulation and design of products, processes or service alternatives; initial demonstration or pilot projects, and prototypes; and other related pre-production activities; and
Feasibility Studies: studies pertaining to potential industrial research or pre-competitive development projects and studies for related activities.

CIIRDF supports valuable technological innovation projects that exploit synergies between the partners and target international markets or global industrial value chains.

Eligible Costs
Eligible costs include labour, material and other costs which are directly attributable to the project. Overhead expenses such as indirect labour, materials and supplies, and general and administrative expenses are also eligible. Specialized equipment for the project may be eligible as well. CIIRDF does not support costs associated with land and buildings. If required, further details on eligible and ineligible costs are available from CIIRDF. No costs will be considered eligible if they are incurred prior to the date which CIIRDF accepts and confirms that the Project Proposal received from the Canadian and Israeli partners is complete. At least 30% of the actual R&D cash costs on any individual project must be spent in either Canada or Israel.

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R&D Funding

Eligibility for CIIRDF Funding