NRC-IRAP plays a vital role in promoting the development and commercialization of technology of small- and medium-sized enterprises across Canada through our comprehensive suite of advisory services and financial assistance. Our locally-delivered services are adapted to our clients’ industrial, socio-economic and geographic make-up in order to provide a customized response to their technical and business development needs.
We have a network of more than 200 field staff that is located in over 130 offices across Canada, some co-locating within technology communities such as local associations, local universities and colleges and other science and technology departments or institutes. This allows us to provide local on-site assistance to our clients, respond to their local issues in a time-effective manner and customize our services to their local challenges to achieve success.