Developing scientific and innovation culture (NovaScience program) Employment support

The eligible clientele varies according to the calls for projects.

Applicants must meet the following conditions:

Not to be or not to use the services of subcontractors registered in the Register of companies not eligible for public contracts (RENA).
Have met all their obligations relating to the allocation of previous financial assistance from the Government of Quebec or Investissement Québec for at least two years.
Not be a Crown corporation or a corporation controlled directly or indirectly by a government (municipal, provincial or federal), a municipal entity or a business that is majority owned by a Crown corporation.
Not be in a situation of bankruptcy or insolvency.
Not to commit ethical breaches or offer products or services that could undermine the integrity or call into question the probity of the Government of Quebec, even by association. For example:
the production or distribution of weapons;
exploration, extraction, drilling, production and refining related to fossil fuels such as oil and thermal coal, except for activities aimed at a transition to a low-carbon economy;
gambling, violent games, combat sports involving any living species, racing or other similar activities;
sexual exploitation, for example an erotic bar, an escort agency, an erotic massage parlor or a swingers club;
the production, sale and services related to the consumption of tobacco or drugs, with the exception of interventions relating to permitted industrial cannabis and hemp;
any activity whose main subject is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (religion, politics, defense of rights, etc.).