NGen Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program (AMTP)

NGen AMTP

Supports advanced manufacturing collaboration among Canadian firms and research teams for innovation.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

The NGen Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program (AMTP) 2025 intake funded Canadian industry consortia to develop transformative, world-class manufacturing capabilities. Administered by Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), the designated advanced manufacturing Global Innovation Cluster under Canada's Innovation Superclusters Initiative, the program reimbursed up to 40% of eligible project costs. Total project budgets were required to fall between CAD $1.5 million and $8 million, with NGen's per-partner contribution capped at CAD $3.2 million and the program's federal portfolio cap set at CAD $35 million across all funded projects. The total program value including industry co-investment was CAD $87.5 million.

Eligible applicants were Canadian for-profit companies, research-focused privately funded nonprofits, non-federal Crown corporations, and Indigenous manufacturing organizations. Universities and publicly funded research institutions could participate as subcontractors but not as funded consortium members. Each consortium required a minimum of two Canadian partners, at least one of which must be an SME with fewer than 500 global employees, and no single partner could receive more than 70% of NGen's total reimbursement. Projects were evaluated on four strategic criteria: collaborative, transformative, applied, and enduring. Application screening ran from August 20 to October 7, 2025, with project completion required by January 31, 2028.

The 2025 intake is closed. The five-stage review process — eligibility screening, expert peer review scored out of 100 by five reviewers, gateway assessment, notification, and contracting — is the standard NGen model. All consortium members were required to hold free NGen membership prior to contracting. Applicants should monitor ngen.ca/funding for announcement of the next AMTP intake and contact project@ngen.ca to discuss readiness before an intake opens.