Grants and Contributions

This initiative enhances cannabis production by optimizing greenhouse cultivation and tissue culture propagation. In the greenhouse, trials assess lighting, stress indicators, irrigation, and climate impacts to guide automation upgrades and reduce cost-per-gram. In tissue culture, experiments refine lighting and starting material maturity to accelerate plantlet readiness and improve consistency. Together, these projects support scalable, data-driven improvements in yield, efficiency, and reliability.

The Firm is undertaking a transformative R&D project to scale its AI-driven health data infrastructure, enhancing interoperability, privacy compliance, and analytics for Canadian pharmacies. The initiative will develop secure APIs, bilingual interfaces, and adaptive data tools that integrate directly into pharmacy systems, enabling streamlined clinical workflows and compliant data exchange to support innovation and improve patient care across Canada.

R&D to develop an AI-enabled, thermally efficient high-density and scalable 2D ultrasound array technology, to enable new diagnostics and therapies.

The project involves the development of a dropper system for an unmanned aerial vehicle commonly used in Public Safety applications. A typical use-case would be the delivery of medical supplies to an area that is difficult to reach. The operator would be able to quickly secure a payload to the vehicle, fly the vehicle to the location of interest and seamlessly drop the payload. All of this functionality would be available from within the ground control application.

This project focuses on advancing energy storage solutions that improve the performance and sustainability of renewable power systems, supporting both environmental and economic goals.

Building on a previous NRC IRAP-supported research study, Compusult plans to design and develop prototypes of advanced, AI-enabled, multi-function Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGVs) to support the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) multi-domain Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), communications, and sustainment needs in line with Land Capability Modernization (LCM) priorities. The Nanuk AI UGV is envisioned as a versatile force multiplier capable of transitioning between roles—such as ISR sensing and response, mobile communications relay, autonomous logistics and towing, and human–machine teaming—without the need for redesign. The project will also advance integration between the Nanuk platform and Compusult’s Web Enterprise Suite (WES) to enhance joint ISR capabilities.

This project builds dual-use maritime sensor and data infrastructure supporting Canadian sovereignty and defence readiness, applicable to commercial shipping and ports. It expands data capture — automatic identification system (AIS), radar, vessel dynamics, environmental observations — with reliable ingestion, validation and access at scale across Canadian waters including the Arctic. The platform enables secure access, monitoring and shared visibility enriched with environmental context and early-warning indicators: signal degradation, dark/ghost vessels and anomalous behaviour. The result is Canadian-built surveillance strengthening domain awareness in data-sparse regions, aligned with Canada's marine sensors sovereign capability and Defence Industrial Strategy.

This project provides an opportunity for a recent University Graduate to gain valuable industry experience at Source Nutraceutical, Inc., a Canadian consulting firm and contract research organization (CRO). The Junior Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Trial Specialist (JRACT Specialist) will be given exposure to, and training in, SNI’s strategic consulting and contract research services. They will gain an introductory understanding of various Canadian regulatory affairs processes; evidence requirements for Canadian health claims; and an understanding of clinical trial operations. This will include exposure to study recruitment processes; participant consent; study operations; data & sample management; statistics; and post-study reporting.

A second year of an entrepreneurial program for women-led, tech ventures to rapidly scale up their businesses through access to vetted advisors, scaling resources, and a culture of accountability.

The focus of this project is to demonstrate the benefits of cellulose nanocrystals in the field of paints, coatings and adhesives.