Innovate BC Ignite Program
Last updated on October 23, 2023Description
The Ignite Program provides up to $300,000 to fund innovation projects in the areas of natural resources, applied science and/or engineering. Teams made up of industry and academia come together to solve real-life business problems in a 3-year time frame.
Special Requirements
- Focus: Proposals must involve the areas of natural resources, applied science and/or engineering, and must outline the business problem.
- Teams: Applicants must be a B.C.-based team comprised of two or more companies, organizations and academic researchers. All teams must include an academic member and an industry partner.
- Matching funds: Projects must secure matching funds from industry or government sources at a ratio of 2:1 matching dollars to Ignite dollars.
- Timing: Projects must plan to move a proposed innovation to market within a 3-year timeframe.
Last updated: October 3, 2018
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Innovate BC (formerly BC Innovation Council (BCIC)) encourages the development and application of advanced or innovative technologies to meet the needs of industry in B.C. It is a Crown Agency of the Province of British Columbia.