Mobility grants in Canada

Open

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.

Open

Funds private investment in British Columbia small businesses through tax-supported incentives and provincial partnership support.

Open

Funds loan participation for Black Canadian entrepreneurs through mission-aligned lenders to expand growth-capable businesses.

Pays Canadian employers up to about $10,000 per employee toward eligible training costs when they upskill their team.

Covers up to 50% of eligible export development costs for Canadian SMEs, up to a maximum of $50,000 per project.

Between cycles

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.

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Funds Canadian companies through federal innovation tax deductions for qualifying innovation experimentation costs.

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Offers Canadian provinces extra incentives that top up federal measures for qualifying innovation activity.

Closed

Funds Canadian firms in EUREKA low-carbon energy R&D consortia.

Pays Canadian youth aged 14 to 18 cash awards for innovation projects that address community, national or global challenges.

Closed

Awards Canadian student founders up to $10,000 in a national bracket-style pitch competition.

Discontinued

Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.

Open

Funds early climate research by university experts, enabling high-upside experiments before ventures are spun out.

Open

Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.

Open

Funds innovators piloting solutions for Qatar-based entities through Qatar Open Innovation challenge grants.

Open

Funds European digital startups at TRL 4-5 seeking co-development with industry partners through EIT Digital's open innovation matching platform.

Between cycles

Awards €10,000 per category to energy-transition startups founded within the last 10 years.

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Awards €10,000 to the winning start-up in each of five energy-transition categories.

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Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

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Supports climate founders with catalytic funding and mentoring to advance early technology ideas into deployment-ready ventures.

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Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.

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Paid $10 million to teams building production-ready cars that hit over 100 miles per gallon.

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Pays category-winning climate and energy startups €10,000, equity free.

Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.