Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Co-Creating an AgeTech Knowledge and Action Platform
Agreement Number:
1039451
Agreement Value:
$902,440.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 6, 2026 - Mar 31, 2028
Description:
Canada’s AgeTech ecosystem has grown rapidly but remains highly dispersed. Knowledge generated across programs such as AGE-WELL and the NRC’s Aging in Place (AiP) Challenge program is difficult to find, access, and apply, creating fragmentation and barriers to scaling solutions that improve quality of life for older adults and caregivers. This two-year pilot will co-design, test, and launch a knowledge mobilization platform that consolidates AGE-WELL and AiP outputs including design standards, evaluation frameworks, policy briefings, and impact metrics into a single, searchable hub for the AgeTech ecosystem. Co-created with the key interested parties within Canada’s AgeTech ecosystem older adults and their caregivers, industry partners and SMEs, academics and the research community, health and social care system collaborators, and policy and decision makers, the platform will bring together the existing AGE-WELL and AiP networks within a Community of Practice model that leverages AGE-WELL’s decade of ecosystem-building experience. By leveraging AGE-WELL’s national network, collaborating partners will embed AiP and AGE-WELL outputs into a sustainable, lasting infrastructure—a legacy resource to accelerate AgeTech innovation across Canada and ensure continued knowledge sharing and platform evolution beyond the pilot phase.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M5G 2A2
Reference Number:
172-2025-2026-Q4-1039451
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
824029987
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
AGE-WELL NCE Inc.
Federal Riding Name:
University--Rosedale
Federal Riding Number:
35112
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences