Cybersecurity grants in Canada
Explore Cybersecurity grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for security research, secure hardware, cryptography, threat detection and resilience 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 Cybersecurity in Canada come first.
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Security evaluations of Post-Quantum Cryptography primitives
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds cryptanalysis research that stress-tests post-quantum cryptography against classical, quantum and AI-based attacks.
Security of implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography algorithms
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds countermeasures and testing tools that protect real-world post-quantum cryptography hardware and software from side-channel attacks.
Towards the water infrastructures of the future
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams building smart sensors, AI, digital twins and cyber-defence tools that make drinking-water and wastewater infrastructure more resilient.
Transition towards high performance of air-ground connectivity (multilink)
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research on next-generation air-ground datalinks, digital voice and using aircraft as weather sensors.
Eurogia Clean Technologies Call for Proposals
🇨🇦NRC · Canada
Funds Canadian firms in EUREKA low-carbon energy R&D consortia.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Early-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
BC Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit
🇨🇦Province of BC · Canada
Funds private investment in British Columbia small businesses through tax-supported incentives and provincial partnership support.
Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
🇨🇦ISED · Canada
Funds loan participation for Black Canadian entrepreneurs through mission-aligned lenders to expand growth-capable businesses.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
Canada Job Grant
🇨🇦Government of Canada · Canada
Pays Canadian employers up to about $10,000 per employee toward eligible training costs when they upskill their team.
CanExport SMEs
🇨🇦GAC · Canada
Covers up to 50% of eligible export development costs for Canadian SMEs, up to a maximum of $50,000 per project.
Dunin-Deshpande Seed Funding Prize (Mayor's Innovation Challenge)
🇨🇦Kingston · Canada
Gives Kingston post-secondary students phased seed funding and a part-time venture-building program for projects that improve city life or municipal services.
The Arena Pitch Competition
🇨🇦Metronomics · Canada
Awards Canadian student founders up to $10,000 in a national bracket-style pitch competition.
Canada SR&ED Federal
🇨🇦CRA · Canada
Funds Canadian companies through federal innovation tax deductions for qualifying innovation experimentation costs.
Provincial SR&ED top-ups (Ontario Quebec BC etc)
🇨🇦Provincial governments · Canada
Offers Canadian provinces extra incentives that top up federal measures for qualifying innovation activity.
Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge
🇨🇦Ingenious+ · Canada
Pays Canadian youth aged 14 to 18 cash awards for innovation projects that address community, national or global challenges.
Sloan Research Fellowships
🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States
Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.
Defence Rapid Impact
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Microsoft · United States
Provides early-stage startups with up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars in cloud credits and software access.
Navigators Incubator — Cohort 1: Securing Transformative AI
Coefficient · United States
Runs a selective AI security fellowship for small teams tackling critical risk problems.
Open Call for Innovation
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.
AI by HER: The Impact Challenge for Women in AI
IndiaAI Mission · India
Awards INR 25 lakh each to 10 women-led AI teams tackling real-world public challenges.
Cloudflare for Startups (Workers Launchpad track)
Cloudflare · United States
Offers Cloudflare credits and edge platform support for founders launching global infrastructure-based products.