NSERC Alliance and Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Stream II

In partnership, NSERC Alliance Advantage and Alberta Innovates' Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) program will support post-secondary R&D collaborations that utilize emerging technologies to assist Alberta small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) developing technology with the highest potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Alberta and in Canada. The streamlined joint application and decision process enables companies to undertake research collaborations with Alberta-based researchers and have their cash contribution leveraged by NSERC and supported by Alberta Innovates. Individual proposals can request at least $20,000 up to $150,000 per year from Alberta Innovates CASBE and at least $20,000 from NSERC Alliance. NSERC will match contributions to the project from the SME according to the cost-sharing ratios and within the funding brackets and durations of the Alliance Advantage program. Alberta Innovates CASBE will match the NSERC award up to $150,000 per year for up to two years. The mutually beneficial projects are expected to result in economic benefits to the company(ies) and to Alberta and build impactful longer-term collaborations between the researcher and the company.