Grants and Contributions

IP Strategy development by outside IP firm

Beyond accelerating development, this database schema mapping project will allow for improved oversight, maintenance, and consistency across all internal and client environments, and moving forward will allow data engineering team to quickly validate architecture configurations and changes.

This includes a minor software release with reliability improvements, new features that did not make it into general availability as well as improvements to production and manufacturing.

Optimization and expansion of their Design Online digital system. It will allow Web-application for users to modify existing or custom design products, resulting in 3D visual representation, technical resources, pricing quotes, and manufacturing process integration.

2S Water will be piloting their sensor in a mining application with external validation to help prepare for market.

Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) is launching a new digital/growth marketing initiative designed to assist IRAP SMEs in developing more effective sales channels to boost sales, validate their products, and enhance brand visibility. This program aims to train IRAP SMEs to accelerate their potential for success in their respective markets. The initiative is expected to make a significant contribution to the Canadian economy by creating high-paying, skilled jobs and helping Canadian firms reach a global audience

Cognota is hiring a Learning Operations Specialist to join our Customer Success and Education team. You will play a crucial role in the pioneering LearnOps Academy project, which is the first program worldwide to offer credentials in learning operations and is supported by a Canadian government grant. As a key team member, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with industry experts and Chief Learning Officers from leading global organizations.

Atmose Ltd. is an Edmonton-based startup developing high-accuracy and affordable aerosol technologies for monitoring air quality. Their novel charging discoveries allow for the principles of laboratory instruments to be incorporated into a miniaturized, low-cost, and accessible form, thus overcoming critical challenges in multiple markets. Building upon Atmose’s significant development of this patent-pending technology (current alpha prototype at TRL 6), the proposed project will overcome the remaining technical challenges to prepare the sensor for customer trials and sales (TRL 7 to 9). The project will develop a manufacturing process to optimize its scalability, complete a beta design iteration and manufacture a beta prototype.

This proposed CTO contribution will give some innovation focused Canadian SME's access to construction industry experts and influencers, that can serve as both a potential target customer segment, and that can provide active feedback for further innovation.  Additionally, Canadian construction firms can benefit by exposure to new technologies that may impact increases in profitability, better efficiency, greater safety and many other areas for potential innovation.

GN’s rapid planter is strongly aligned with global sustainability, emissions reduction, and renewable mandates. In a recent Deloitte assessment, reforestation was identified as a primary source for emissions management and estimated over $1 Trillion in spending is necessary to help achieve 2050 outcomes.