Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE): Concepts SMEs (Stream 2)

Amount:

$200,000.00

Type:

Grant

Description:

AICE: Concepts serves to advance early-stage health research that demonstrates high commercial potential in priority areas of precision health.
AICE: Concepts enables innovators to advance their client journey across four commercialization domains for health innovation:
1. Product Development, 2. Business Readiness, 3. Product-Market Fit, and 4. Regulatory Compliance.
AICE: Concepts SMEs (stream 2) provides SMEs up to $200,000 CAD to support approved projects for a maximum term of 24 months.

Comments on Funding:

Funding takes the form of contributions of up to $200,000 CAD to support approved projects for a maximum term of 24 months.

Deadline:

March 22, 2024 July 2024 October 2024

Eligibility:

Projects must:
1. be led by Alberta-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including:
a) a company with fewer than 500 full-time employees and less than $50,000,000 annual gross
revenue;
b) incorporated in Alberta OR incorporated in another jurisdiction and extra provincially
registered in Alberta;
c) a General Partnership, Limited Partnership, or Limited Liability Partnership and registered in
Alberta; and
d) exist as a corporate person, with up-to-date corporate filings.
2. apply a computational technology or technique to address at least one clearly defined clinical problem that is relevant to the precision health priority areas of this call. Network-based precision health approaches will be prioritized.
3. address product development and at least one other commercialization domain within the health innovation pathway.

Application Steps:

Applicants must:
1. create a user account (i.e., account registration) in SmartSimple application portal;
2. register their application;
3. submit the AICE Intake Form via SmartSimple. Important: AICE Intake Form must be submitted at least 4 weeks in advance of the application deadline;
4. participate in the Intake meeting, with Alberta Innovates and any relevant project partners to ensure program fit;
5. complete application via SmartSimple.

Documentation Needed:

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

Maurice

About the author

Maurice

Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Canada to identify and maximize funding to grow their business.

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