INNOVATION BOOSTER



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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

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

Investment
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.

2022 Application intake deadlines
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May 11, 2022 (Special Call for Digital and Automation Solutions)
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July 7, 2022 - Open Call
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September 10, 2022 - CFIN’s Food Ecosystem Sustainability Innovation Priority Projects only
The above dates are subject to change pending funding availability.