Climate Tech Trailblazer Prize
Awards Canadian climate-tech startups $200,000 in non-dilutive prize funding without taking equity.
The Climate Tech Trailblazer Prize is Climate Solutions Prize's non-dilutive funding competition for climate-tech startups anywhere in Canada working on breakthrough technologies for a low-carbon future, awarding $200,000 without taking equity. Startups apply online, and a shortlist advances through rounds — a Top 25, then a Top 10 — before finalists pitch live on stage at the Climate Solutions Pr…
The prize is open to climate-tech startups anywhere in Canada working on breakthrough technologies for a low-carbon future. It targets founders with strong early traction who are ready to move from prototype toward real-world deployment.
Sign up free to see the funding breakdown
Sign up free to see the industries in scope
Sign up free to see the full eligibility
Sign up free to see how to apply
Sign up free to see the timeline
Sign up free to see where teams trip up
Guides for this application
All guides →Grant Pitch Deck Example: Slides, Storyline, and Video Script
See a grant pitch deck example with slide outline, EIC-style pitch logic, demo-video script, and grant-vs-investor deck differences.
Write proposalGrant Proposal Sections: What Reviewers Expect in Each Part
A section-by-section guide to grant proposal format, project summaries, work plans, budgets, teams, letters of support, outcomes, and reviewer expectations.
Write proposalGrant Proposal Example: Sample Applications and What to Learn From Them
Learn how to use grant proposal examples, sample applications, and public funded proposals without copying weak structure or missing funder-specific rules.
Similar grants
Browse the directory →Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW) 2026
SWA · Saudi Arabia
Pays up to $800,000 in cash prizes to water-innovation solvers worldwide.
Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge
🇺🇸NMC · United States
Awards up to $30,000 in seed funding to freshwater and Great Lakes tech startups.
Global Deep Tech Battle @ SLUSH 2026
swisstech · Switzerland
Awards a 3,000-euro cash prize to the winning deep-tech pitch at SLUSH 2026.
Start Up Energy Transition Award
dena · Germany
Awards €10,000 per category to energy-transition startups founded within the last 10 years.
Start Up Energy Transition Award 2027
dena · Germany
Awards €10,000 to the winning start-up in each of five energy-transition categories.
Ocean Idea Challenge
🇨🇦OSP · Canada
Pays up to $8,000 to Canada-based individuals, teams and very early-stage companies who complete a milestone-based customer discovery sprint validating an ocean-sustainability idea.