TBA The Biotechnology Initiative

The Voice of Bioscience in Ontario



Resources

Government Support for Biotechnology

Federal Initiatives

Special Call for Strategic Grants
Researchers who are interested in energy, environment or information and communications technologies will be given an extraordinary opportunity to expand their efforts if they respond promptly to a special call for proposals under NSERC’s Strategic Project Grants (SPG).

New nanotech Opportunity Launched
NSERC and the National Research Council Canada (NRC), in collaboration with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), have jointly issued a call for collaborative R&D proposals involving university researchers and NRC scientists engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

$165 Million CERC Program
A national competition to fund new Centres of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR) was officially launched June 26, 2007.

The National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) is Canada's premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises (SMEs).

The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program is a federal tax incentive program to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada that will lead to new, improved, or technologically advanced products or processes. The SR&ED program is the largest single source of federal government support for industrial research and development.

The Canada Research Chairs Program stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top five countries for research and development. In 2000, the Government of Canada allocated $900 million to establish 2,000 research professorships—Canada Research Chairs—in universities across the country.


Regional Innovation Networks

BioDiscovery Toronto
Southwestern Ontario Bioproducts Innovation Network (SOBIN)
Guelph-Waterloo Partnership in Biotechnology Consortium
Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network
Western Greater Toronto Area Convergence Centre
London Cluster Consortium
York Biotech
Greater Peterborough Region DNA Cluster
Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network (Elorin™) 
Ottawa Life Sciences Council (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario)
Northern Ontario Biotechnology Initiative Consortium (NOBI)
BioTalent Canada
BioProducts Canada
Ag-West Biotech Inc.
Ottawa Life Sciences Council
BioNova


Biotechnology Links

BIOTECanada
BioAlberta
Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
BioQuebec
BioAtlantech
LifeSciences BC
MaRS Landing


International Biotech Associations

AusBiotech
Bay Bio - San Francisco
BIO - Biotechnology Industry Organization
BIOCOM - San Diego
Biotech Scotland
Oregon Biosciences Association
UK Bioindustry Association
Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council


Related Organizations

AceTech Academy for Technology CEOs
Ag Biotech
AgriWeb Canada
Alberta Research Council (ARC)
BioOntario
Biopharma Montreal
BioTalent Canada
Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network
Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
Canadians for Health Research
Centre quebecois de valorisation des biomass et des biotechnologies (CQVB)
Eurobiz Cafe
Food Safety Network
Genetic Engineering News
Genome Canada
Health Canada
Innovation in Canada
Ontario Research and Innovation Council
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Ontario Technology Corridor
MaRS
National Centres of Excellence (NCEs) (Ottawa)
National Pharmaceutical Sciences Group
Toronto Board of Trade