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Title:
Sustainable Food Security: Boreal/Canadore Partnership
Agreement Number:
1028187
Agreement Value:
$45,000.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
The project focuses on supporting Northern Ontario's agriculture and agri-food industries through a series of applied research initiatives, including: 1) Controlled environment studies, phenotyping, seed germination trials, nutrient response experiments, stress testing, pest and disease resistance studies, integrated pest management trials, and hydroponics studies. 2) Genomics and transcriptomics sequencing and analysis of plant and seed varieties or assessing impacts on plants and seed varieties due to extraneous factors (application of biostimulants, climate conditions). 3) Assessment of biodiversity and species using genomics methodology- this could include fungal, insect, and/or plant varieties. This is an equal partnership between College Boreal of Sudbury ON and Canadore College of North Bay ON, with each organization lending its inhouse expertise and facilities.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:

The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Organizations is to support Organizations in building and integrating the innovation capacity in Canada for the benefit of Firms in Canada, primarily SMEs and to support Organizations in providing innovation assistance services to SMEs in Canada.

Location:
Sudbury, Ontario, CA P3A 6B1
Reference Number:
172-2024-2025-Q4-1028187
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
138795232
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Collège Boréal d'arts appliqués et de technologie
Federal Riding Name:
Sudbury
Federal Riding Number:
35103
Program:
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
Program Purpose:

The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Organizations is to support Organizations in building and integrating the innovation capacity in Canada for the benefit of Firms in Canada, primarily SMEs and to support Organizations in providing innovation assistance services to SMEs in Canada.

Coverage:
IRAP Contributions to Organizations projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation.
NAICS Code:
611310