Alberta Innovates: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Edmonton, AB · grants and contributions register · Edmonton Mill Woods

Alberta Innovates: federal grants and contributions: 20 agreements; $31.8M value; 4 departments; 6 programs.

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20agreements
$31.8Mvalue
4departments
6programs

Largest agreements

PC0007508$10.0Mvalue2023start2027end

Establish a facility to advance technologies converting Alberta's bitumen to carbon fibre

000021399$6.2Mvalue2021start2028end

Accelerate business scale-up and growth in Alberta

000021399$5.0Mvalue2021start2027end

Accelerate business scale-up and growth in Alberta

Agreement$2.5Mvalue2010start–end
IP Assist: L2 CTO to Strengthen IP Positioning of IRAP Clients$1.6Mvalue2023start2024end

This project will enable Alberta Innovates to administer a program for the benefit of IRAP clients. Alberta Innovates will receive referrals from ITAs, and the organization will match the IRAP client to an IP professional to provide guidance to the client to delevop an IP strategy that aligns with the Firm's business strategy, or to a market research professional to develop a market intelligence report that will inform both the IP and business strategies.

PC0007715$1.5Mvalue2024start2028end

Enhance digital health evaluation resources in Alberta

000017872$1.3Mvalue2020start2021end

Develop and deliver a COVID-19 innovation and entrepreneur support program in Alberta

Agreement$1.2Mvalue2011start–end
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000011312$750Kvalue2011start2020end

Support Alberta industry to commercialize new health products

Agreement$500Kvalue2011start–end
IP Assist: Introduction to Intellectual Property for Innovative SMEs$356Kvalue2022start2024end

This project will enable Alberta Innovates to facilitate the provision of strategic, one-to-one IP awareness sessions with IRAP SMEs in order to increase their business success and increase IP awareness in Canada amongst SMEs.

Agreement$250Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$150Kvalue2010start–end
The Alberta Cup Home Furnishing Design Competition$123Kvalue2021start2022end

The purpose of this project is to provide funding to support market development activities to expand export opportunities for the Canadian wood products industry.

Competitive technical intelligence services tor SMEs-IRAP West 2016-2018$122Kvalue2016start2020end

This initiative, through the Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures Knowledge Centre, will provide IRAP West SMEs a better understanding of their innovation strengths related to the regional, national or international market place, contributing to SME capacity to be build business strategy and competitiveness.

000023182$100Kvalue2022start2024end

Support for 2022, 2023 and 2024 Inventures conferences

Competitive Intelligence CtO$65.0Kvalue2024start2027end

This project will enable the Organization to administer a program for the benefit of IRAP clients. The Organization will receive referrals from ITAs, and the organization will provide competitive technical intelligence to increase the client’s capabilities.

000015818$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Support for 2020 and 2021 Inventures conferences

Competitive Technical Intelligence (CTI) for SMEs - IRAP Prairies$40.0Kvalue2021start2023end

The objective of this project is to provide current technical, IP and market information to SMEs in support of their activities. This information will enable SMEs to understand where their technical and business competencies are competitive in the regional, national or international arena. Competitive intelligence knowledge service is contributing to the innovation capacity building of Canadian SMEs.

PC0010351$0value2025start2026end

Host the Inventures conference in 2025 and 2026

Departments

Prairies Economic Development Canada5agreements$17.8Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Prairies Economic Development Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada9agreements$11.7Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Western Diversification Program

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

National Research Council Canada5agreements$2.2Mvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Natural Resources Canada1agreements$123Kvalue1programs
  • Contribution Program for expanding market opportunities

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

Years

20251agreements$0value1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20242agreements$1.5Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20232agreements$11.6Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20222agreements$456Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20214agreements$11.4Mvalue3programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Contribution Program for expanding market opportunities
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20202agreements$1.4Mvalue2programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
20161agreements$122Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20131agreements$250Kvalue0programs
    20113agreements$2.5Mvalue1programs
    • Western Diversification Program
    20102agreements$2.6Mvalue0programs

      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.