AI grants in Canada
Explore AI grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI from Canadian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Canada, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at AI in Canada come first.
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Project Grant
🇨🇦CIHR (Canadian Institutes of H · Canada
Funds flagship Canadian health investigator grants for biomedical research to strengthen real-world implementation.
Strategic Response Fund
🇨🇦ISED · Canada
Funds industrial innovation projects across Canada through large-scale contributions for AI infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and resilience.
Training Program
🇨🇦Scale AI · Canada
Funds Canadian universities and training providers to develop and deliver AI and digital skills training programs.
Acceleration Program — Accelerator/Incubator Operators)
🇨🇦Scale AI · Canada
Supports Canadian accelerator and incubator operators building growth programmes for AI ventures.
Anthropic Fellows Program
Anthropic · United States
Offers additional fellowship opportunities for AI researchers through collaborative cohorts.
Energy Innovation Program (EIP)
🇨🇦NRCan · Canada
Supports Canadian energy innovators with research, development, and demonstration pathways.
Innovation Programme — Component 2 (Programme innovation — Volet 2 / Projets mobilisateurs)
🇨🇦IQ · Canada
Funds Quebec for-profit companies leading collaborative R&D projects with universities and research centres to develop innovative products or processes.
Mitacs Accelerate Entrepreneur
🇨🇦Mitacs · Canada
Funds student entrepreneur placements with shared support models and commercialization.
Mitacs Elevate
🇨🇦Mitacs · Canada
Supports teams connecting academia and industry to move ideas into practical outcomes.
NSERC-NSTC Semiconductors and AI Call
🇨🇦NSTC Taiwan · Taiwan
Funds Taiwanese semiconductor and AI teams through national research support for cross-sector innovation.
PSCE Volet 2 — Europe
🇨🇦IQ · Canada
Supports Quebec small firms expanding into Europe by funding export-market projects and international business development.
AI Skills & Adoption
🇨🇦DIGITAL · Canada
Funds Canadian company-led projects that grow AI talent and speed up AI adoption, co-investing alongside industry.
AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program
🇨🇦ISED · Canada
Administers Canada's AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program to build domestic public supercomputing capacity for researchers and innovators.
Canadian Safety and Security Program — Collaborative Projects
🇨🇦DND Canada · Canada
Supports research teams and institutions for Canadian Safety and Security Collaborative Projects in defense innovation, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.
India-Canada Collaborative Industrial Research & Development Programme 2025
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds joint India-Canada industrial R&D projects with a grant up to INR 1.5 crore per project.
NGen AI for Manufacturing Challenge
🇨🇦NGen · Canada
Supports Canadian consortia of manufacturers and AI companies advancing production innovation.
NGen AMTP
🇨🇦NGen · Canada
Supports advanced manufacturing collaboration among Canadian firms and research teams for innovation.
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.
Operating Grant (Seed)
🇨🇦CIHR (Canadian Institutes of H · Canada
Funds recurring operating grants for priority Canadian health research collaborations.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
Horizon Cyber: Robust & Private AI Systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds EU teams hardening AI systems against adversarial attacks and building privacy-preserving AI for sensitive government and enterprise use.
Artistic intelligence — harnessing the power of the arts for complex challenges, soft skills and innovation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays research consortiums roughly €4.5-5 million to study and pilot art-science-technology collaborations that boost innovation, soft skills and human-centred technology.
Horizon Ocean Mission: Regional Digital Twin
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project per sea basin that plugs local ocean data into the EU's shared Digital Twin Ocean platform, for marine policy and Blue Economy use.
Horizon Soil Mission: AI Decision Tools for Soil Management
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €9M project turning long-term field-trial data into AI decision-support tools for farmers, advisors and land managers.