Doing Business with IFCI

In both its programs and activities, NRC-IFCI takes an aggressive, entrepreneurial approach to stimulate the innovation that Canada and Canadian firms need to succeed in the global knowledge economy. From collaborative R&D to licensing and the creation of new enterprises, NRC-IFCI supports wealth creation through research and innovation.

This approach is designed to gain the most benefit and leverage from the knowledge and technologies that NRC-IFCI generates. It ensures that NRC-IFCI can work effectively to meet industry needs and match the capabilities of firms taking technologies to the market.

The NRC-IFCI Business Development Office (BDO) has experience and expertise in a range of services to develop and maintain these partnerships. The BDO is able to provide assistance with the implementation of the following arrangements:

• Collaborative Research
• Fee-for-service
• Industrial Partnership Facility
• Licensing Opportunities

Collaborative Research

Opportunities for collaborative research between NRC-IFCI and industry partners exist wherever there are common technical objectives or where the unique expertise of the Institute provides an effective match for industrial requirements.

These partnerships enable parties to share and reduce the risk and cost associated with research and development, while gaining access to world-class research facilities and expertise.

Current opportunities for collaboration include:

• Active Flow Field Control in PEMFC
• NRC-IFCI Contamination Consortium
• High Temperature Fuel Cell (HTFC) Program
• Modelling and Numerical Simulation
• Mining Wear Materials

Fee-for-Service Opportunities 

NRC-IFCI is proud to offer clients access to a range of hydrogen, fuel cell, and clean energy test equipment on a fee-for-service basis. The use of our unique facilities and equipment can be designed to meet individual user needs, and provides clients with invaluable on-site access to IFCI's highly skilled professionals.

Current fee-for-service opportunities include:

• Gas Sensor Test Station
• Advanced Testing and Validation Centre (ATVC)
• Hydrogen Environmental Chamber (HEC)
• Modelling and Numerical Simulation
• Mining Wear Materials

 Industrial Partnership Facility (IPF)

To help increase the innovation capacity of small and medium-sized firms and improve technology transfer, NRC-IFCI offers companies the chance to co-locate at our world-class research space located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

For more information on this program, click here.

 Licensing Opportunities

NRC-IFCI develops many new technologies available for licensing. These new technologies represent exciting opportunities for innovative Canadian firms and a chance to access the results of world-class expertise.

Our current Licensing Opportunities include:

• NRC Hydrogen Power on Demand
• Reactive Spray Deposition Technology (RSDT)
• Porous Carbon Sphere Fabricated by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis
• Gas Sensor System for Leak and Concentration Mapping
• A Sensor for Low Molecular Weight Alcohol
• Cathode Materials for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Active Flow Field Control in PEMFC
• Air Diffusion Cathodes for Fuel Cells
• Direct Fuel Redox Fuel Cells
• Electrochemical Hydrogen Compressor (ElHyCo)
• Oxygen Reduction Catalysts for Formic Acid Fuel Cells
• Liquid Fed Direct Fuel Cell based on a Membraneless Architecture

Related Information

Institutes:

• NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation