Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/collaborative-commercialization/c2c/how-it-works
Sponsor/Award: ONTARIO CENTRES EXCELLENCE INC - COLLABORATE-TO-COMMERCIALIZE (C2C) - 2014 OPEN COMPETITION

Grant Amount:
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: N/A
Sponsor's: N/A

Subject Areas:
Description: The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Collaborate-to-Commercialize (C2C) program helps companies commercialize all types of innovation (technical, business, social) by supporting commercialization partnerships between Ontario's industry and academia. A variety of initiatives are possible to enable commercialization and increase productivity with resulting in new revenues and high-value jobs for Ontario.

Application Details: Projects must include at least one investing industry partner. Industry partner(s) must have a presence in Ontario and the operation in Ontario must be expected to commercialize the results of the project. 1:1 cash and in-kind matching is required. OCE may contribute up to $250,000 to the project. A minimum of 50% cash-contribution is required. Applicant must be a principal investigator at an Ontario publicly funded academic research institution. (college, university, research hospital) Projects must leverage the unique capabilities of the academic environment and be non-competitive with Ontario private-sector capabilities. ?Intellectual Property (IP) arising from the project will be managed by the project participants as OCE does not claim or manager IP rights ?Participants must be willing to co-operate in providing project and outcomes metrics ?Applicants must be in good financial and reporting standing with OCEApplications may be submitted at any time and are evaluated four to six times per year. An OCE Business Development Manager fosters the relationship and application process with the applicant (principal investigator from an academic institution) and industry partner.
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Moxey,Laura

Sponsor Contacts:

HEATHER.MACRAE@OCE-ONTARIO.ORG
SHERIDAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
2655 NORTH SHERIDAN WAY, SUITE 250
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada
905 823-2020