Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Empowering Canadian Agri-Food SMEs: Enhancing Success through Innovation In Retail Readiness, Supply Chain Resilience, Waste Utilization, and Sensory Analysis
Agreement Number:
1030334
Agreement Value:
$217,000.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
NAIT’s Centre for Culinary Innovation (CCI) is a Canadian leader in food product development. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the diverse team combines culinary arts, food science, and market insight to bring leading-edge food product ideas to life. Using NAIT’s research and development expertise for food product development, NAIT is well-suited to providing innovation assistance and commercial resilience to agri-food SMEs in Canada, contributing to their economic success.
Transitioning from an idea to Retail Readiness involves more than just multiplying formulations up and finding more packaging. Even the leap from farmers’ markets to commercial scale production generally requires rethinking and tweaking of product formulations, changes in suppliers, and managing production. This is where NAIT CCI has the ability to guide SMEs and food entrepreneurs through the pathway to retail readiness.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
The expected results and outcomes of NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program is focused on growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through innovation and wealth creation for Canada.
Location:
Edmonton, Alberta, CA T5G 2R1
Reference Number:
172-2025-2026-Q1-1030334
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
107781205
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
This agreement has been amended 2 time(s). The end date of this agreements has been modified by 365 days. The total amended value is 67,000 dollars.
Amendment Date
Mar 20, 2026
Recipient's Operating Name:
NAIT
Recipient's Legal Name:
NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Federal Riding Name:
Edmonton Centre
Federal Riding Number:
48014
Program:
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The purpose of Industrial Research Assistance Program Contributions to Organizations is to support Organizations in providing innovation assistance services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to advance their innovation knowledge and ability to innovate, grow through innovation and stimulate wealth creation for Canada.
Coverage:
Industrial Research Assistance Program projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation and strengthen Canadian innovation ecosystem by creating new industrial capacity.
NAICS Code:
611210
Amendments: