Aurora Scientific Corp.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Richmond|Richmond, BC · grants and contributions register · Steveston–Richmond East

Aurora Scientific Corp.: federal grants and contributions: 12 agreements; $1.3M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

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12agreements
$1.3Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Development of enhanced Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Corrosion Resistant Coatings for Applications in Automotive and Marine Industries$350Kvalue2024start2026end

Develop enhanced Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) corrosion resistant coatings for applications in automotive and marine industries

Development of a prototype Filtered Vacuum Arc Deposition system for modified diamond-like carbon coatings for composite tooling$328Kvalue2022start2024end

Develop, design and build a scaled-up Filtered Vacuum Arc Deposition (FVAD) prototype system for modified diamond-like carbon coatings for composite tooling.

Development of Nanocomposite Diamond-Like Carbon Films for Composite Material Machining$249Kvalue2019start2021end

Develop a coating process and an application system to produce protection films on tungsten carbide tools for machining composite materials.

Agreement$80.0Kvalue2014start–end
Aurora Scientific Corp. - 2020-2021 - 959529$54.8Kvalue2020start2021end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Agreement$50.0Kvalue2012start–end
Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2$48.7Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Innovation Assistance Program$40.7Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the IAP program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

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Agreement$30.0Kvalue2015start–end
ICAP 2021 - Aurora Scientific Corp - International Co-innovation Action Plan$30.0Kvalue2021start2022end

International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) will allow the firm to identify a partner in India and develop international co-innovation projects.

Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2.5$21.7Kvalue2020start2021end

The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream$14.2Kvalue2024start–end

Develop digital adoption plan

Departments

National Research Council Canada11agreements$1.3Mvalue4programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Innovation Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$14.2Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Years

20242agreements$364Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream
20221agreements$328Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$30.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20204agreements$166Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20191agreements$249Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20151agreements$30.0Kvalue0programs
    20141agreements$80.0Kvalue0programs
      20121agreements$50.0Kvalue0programs

        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.