• Assess product market fit

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• Test your minimum viable product

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• Scale and expand globally

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• Prepare for investment

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• Leverage and protect your intellectual property

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Who can participate?

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Each project proposal must be led by a researcher or a small- or medium-sized food manufacturer who wants to advance and commercialize their innovation. Applicants must be members of the Canadian Food Innovation Network.

Project size

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Our competitive, merit-based process will review projects ranging from $20K to $200K.

Investment

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Project applicants are required to contribute 50% of total eligible project costs and to provide a project management fee of 5% of total eligible project costs.

Timeline (key dates)

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Application package available - week of Oct 4, 2021

Information sessions - Oct 18 and Nov 1, 2021
Projects awarded - Ongoing starting in 2021