IoT & Edge grants in Canada
Explore IoT & Edge grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for connected devices, sensor networks, edge AI and industrial IoT 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 IoT & Edge in Canada come first.
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Fast-track Extending U-space eco-system
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds innovation projects building 5G-based communication, navigation and surveillance capabilities for drones and vertiports.
Fast-track U3 U-space advanced services and CNS capabilities
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds innovation projects building advanced drone traffic-management services for shared airspace with crewed aircraft.
Highly automated ATM for all airspace users
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research on detect-and-avoid sensors, drone integration, space-launch coordination and robust satellite navigation for ATM.
Innovative tools and services to manage and empower energy communities
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds open-source tools that let energy communities trade power, forecast demand and connect to grid operators, tested in at least three communities.
Large-scale pilots for supply end-to-end infrastructures integrating device, network computing and communication capabilities for Telco Edge Cloud deployments, as a basis for Connected Collaborative Computing Networks (3C networks) (RIA)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds one large-scale pilot up to EUR 75 million to build and test an open, multi-vendor telco edge cloud infrastructure across Europe.
New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials enabled sensing functionality
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European projects EUR 7.5 million each to develop advanced-materials sensors, from multifunctional surfaces to miniaturised wearable devices, with a guaranteed award in each of two research areas.
Open Internet Stack: development of technological commons/open-source 3C building blocks (RIA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project up to EUR 10 million to build an open-source internet technology stack, which then re-grants up to 70% of its budget to third-party developers in EUR 50,000–150,000 awards.
Roadmap for next generation computing technologies from IoT device level to edge to cloud to HPC (CSA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one coordination project up to EUR 2.5 million to produce Europe's yearly research roadmap spanning IoT devices, edge, cloud and HPC computing.
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.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
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.
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.
Mayor's Innovation Challenge
🇨🇦Kingston · Canada
Gives Kingston post-secondary students up to $10,000 cash or a startup-program place through two pitch-competition prize streams for projects that improve city life or municipal services.
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.
The Arena Pitch Competition
🇨🇦Metronomics · Canada
Awards Canadian student founders up to $10,000 in a national bracket-style pitch competition.
Sloan Research Fellowships
🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States
Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.
BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development
NIH · United States
Funds next-generation sensors and bioelectronic devices that record behaviour in step with brain recordings, to build models of how the two connect.