Programme Cybersécurité (PICQ): Innovation (Quebec Cybersecurity Innovation Program (QCIP): Innovation Stream)

Amount:

No fixed amount

Type:

Grant

Description:

The Innvation Stream supports companies that want to develop a cybersecurity innovation (product/solution/process) that can support Quebec companies in their new innovation development projects aimed at strengthening their cyber-resilience, and facilitate the commercialization of cybersecurity technologies and development of new markets.

Comments on Funding:

1. Maximum financial aid may represent up to 25% of eligible expenditures;
2. Private contributions must represent a minimum of 50% of eligible expenditures;
3. Cumulative government expenditures can total up to 50% of eligible project expenditures;
4. Maximum project duration is 2 years.

Deadline:

Eligibility:

Large businesses or SMEs must:
1. be a private for-profit company with an active place of business in Quebec;
2. be legally incorporated under federal or Quebec laws in force and be registered with the Quebec enterprise register;
3. have its head office in Quebec and its employees or subcontractors must work mainly from Quebec;
4. not be owned by more than 50% by other existing businesses or organizations;
5. be aiming to develop a cybersecurity innovation for their business or to bring to market.

Application Steps:

Applicants must contact an advisor through PROMPT’s online contact form.

Documentation Needed:

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

This program is on break.
Submission deadline: Information to come*
(*) The renewal of the program and the submission deadline are to be confirmed.

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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