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The National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) supports small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada build their technology and innovation capabilities. Our Industrial Technology Advisors work with small and medium-sized enterprises on-site to assess your needs and design solutions which can be tailored to your business.
NRC-IRAP offers you direct technical assistance, access to the latest technological advances, expertise, facilities and resources. NRC-IRAP may also provide cost-shared financing of innovative technical projects to qualified firms.
Forty-seven Industrial Technology Advisors work in NRC-IRAP West. They manage assigned areas and serve as sector specialists. Expertise spans a range of key industrial sectors and technologies such as:
- Advanced Chemistry and Materials
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
- Construction
- Energy
- Environmental Technologies
- Food and Agricultural sciences
- Health-care and Pharmaceuticals
- Information Technology, Electronics and Telecommunications
- Transportation
In the West Region, NRC-IRAP works closely with a number of organizations such as
- Alberta Innovates
- Arctic Energy Alliance
- BioAccess Commercialization Centre
- Biomedical Commercialization Canada
- Calgary Technologies Inc.
- Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Corporation (CETAC) WEST
- Communities of Tomorrow
- Composites Innovation Centre
- Enterprise Saskatchewan
- Entrepreneurial Foundation of Saskatchewan
- Government of the Northwest Territories
- Industrial Technology Centre
- Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines
- Springboard West Innovations
- TEC Edmonton
- Western Economic Diversification Canada
- Local universities, colleges and technical institutes
Success Stories
Boreal Laser Inc.
Local, Digital and Growth-Oriented
Company becomes leader in the global oil-and-gas industry
Manitoba Harvest
Steady growth and a bright future
Firm becomes one of the world’s largest hemp food manufacturers
Userful Corporation
A single PC supporting multiple users
Connecting the world through sustainable desktop computers
Quantiam Technologies Inc.
Providing leading edge materials solutions
Reaching new frontiers in Advanced Materials, with a focus on clean tech
Quantum Technical Services
Fighting Fire with Foam
Coating Company Targets the Building Industry
