Grants and Contributions

Leaky blood vessels in the retina are the main cause of vision loss in diseases like age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy – which collectively affect 380 million individuals worldwide. While there are drugs that can stop retinal leakage, the most reliable test for detecting it involves an injection of dye and necessitates emergency readiness in case of an allergic reaction.

8 Bit Cortex has leveraged bootstrapping and non-dilutive funding to develop an MVP gamified learning management system (LMS) to enhance engagement and tracking of wellness data. 8 Bit Cortex has validated the market need for an LMS to host addiction recovery programs, enabling automated measurement and reporting of Addiction Recovery Capital consistent with the Alberta Recovery Model for stakeholders, such as government and insurers. Building on partnerships in youth support, employment services, and entrepreneur mental health, the project will integrate engagement metrics and outcome data to train an Agentic AI that recommends personalized recovery pathways, accelerating client healing, and enabling outcome-driven service delivery.

TACTIQL Inc. will hire a youth software engineer to support the development and enhancement of its digital solutions. The role will provide practical, hands-on experience in software design, coding, and testing, contributing to ongoing product development and innovation.

Develop an AI Leasing Assistant capable of responding 24/7 with property-specific, natural language, and smart workflow automation that handles lead qualification, property matching, showing bookings, and application follow-ups.

This project will advance the DMU from TRL7 to TRL9. This project will undertake post laboratory trial validation of the minimal viable product and mathematical model through field deployments on operational dredging sites. The firm will also focus on transitioning to more robust and futureproof hardware in order to accommodate modern enterprise ecosystems and contemporary embedded system engineering practices. Additional field trialing will allow for the collection of large amounts of data to use in the development of an edge inference machine learning interface to improve system accuracy.

The project is focused on advancing the development of the Enclave platform from a proof of concept presently, to a low fidelity functional prototype. The platform will enable informed decisions regarding product selection and measure performance against goals that reduce costs, accelerate build speed and improve sustainability. The result is better more sustainable homes and affordable micro-communities, built more quickly at a lower cost to purchasers. The platform is scalable and is expected to evolve eventually to a SaaS model that would benefit the entire home building industry, however this is outside of the scope of this project.

The project involves designing for manufacturing of various CathPilot system components to enable commercialization feasibility and success. This includes the redesign of various components for molding and optimizing for assembly to help reduce costs, assembly time, and improve quality.

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) Program supports high-calibre Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences at research institutions abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGS-MSFSS recipients will contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian and foreign institutions.

The Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) Program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The fellowships are also intended to secure a supply of highly qualified Canadians with leading-edge scientific and research skills for Canadian industry, government, and universities.

The objectives of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program (YESSP) are to help all youth navigate through the labour market and to successfully transition into sustained employment. These objectives are attained by supporting the needs of all youth, especially youth facing barriers to develop skills, knowledge and networks through education, skills development and meaningful work experiences.