AbCellera Biologics Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Vancouver, BC · grants and contributions register · Vancouver East

AbCellera Biologics Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 9 agreements; $417M value; 3 departments; 4 programs.

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9agreements
$417Mvalue
3departments
4programs

Largest agreements

Project Peregrine: Building and Accelerating Antibody Drug Development Capabilities in Canada$225Mvalue2022start2030end

This project builds capabilities for therapeutic antibody development, fortifies early-phase clinical research infrastructure, advances biotech IP for the health and economic benefit of Canadians and enables rapid response to future pandemics.

512889$176Mvalue2020start2050end

The project is in direct response to Canada's fight against COVID-19 and Canada's ability to respond to future pandemics. It will enable the rapid discovery of antibody therapies to treat and prevent COVID-19 and establish a Good Manufacturing Practice antibody production facility for Canada's long-term emergency preparedness.

COVID-19 Rapid Response: Identifying & developing next-generation COVID-19 therapeutics$6.3Mvalue2022start2024end

Identify and develop antibody therapeutics for response and preparedness against COVID-19, and expand capacity for rapid development and delivery of antibody therapeutics.

000015527$5.0Mvalue2019start2023end

Scale-up partnerships in therapeutic antibody discovery business

Vertical Integration of Antibody Discovery for Next-Generation Biotherapeutics$2.6Mvalue2019start2022end

This project will develop, validate, and integrate new technologies to create a platform for the discovery of therapeutic antibodies against any target class, and with industry-leading speed, throughput, and efficiency.

Agreement$1.8Mvalue2016start–end
Agreement$625Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$293Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$101Kvalue2014start–end

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2agreements$401Mvalue2programs
National Research Council Canada4agreements$9.3Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada3agreements$7.4Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Years

20222agreements$231Mvalue2programs
  • SIF Stream3- Attraction
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20201agreements$176Mvalue1programs
  • SIF Stream 2 - Growth
20192agreements$7.6Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20161agreements$1.8Mvalue0programs
    20152agreements$918Kvalue0programs
      20141agreements$101Kvalue0programs

        Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.