Quantum grants in Canada

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Funds a pan-European network of 10-18 startup and scaleup hubs that can pass on up to EUR 60,000 per deep-tech startup for cross-border scaling support.

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Backs quantum navigation systems for use where GPS signals are jammed or denied.

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Pays three European teams up to EUR 500,000 each to produce investment-ready technical and financial roadmaps for quantum navigation sensors, as a readiness study ahead of separate EIB investment.

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Funds research exploring quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and quantum sensing for air traffic management.

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Funds a startup-led consortium building a scalable photonic quantum computing platform toward 1,000 qubits by 2030.

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Pays one project, led by a photonic-quantum-computing startup, EUR 10 million to build toward a 1,000-qubit photonic quantum computer by 2030 with a named end-user demonstration.

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Offers early-career faculty in the Americas recurring support through computing fellowships in applied research.

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Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.

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Funds two projects, worth up to EUR 5 million each, to build a hardware-agnostic software stack that lets the same quantum applications run across different quantum computers.

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Funds up to three joint EU-South Korea projects, worth EUR 2.5–2.7 million each, on quantum communication, computing or sensing.

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Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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