ColourSmith Labs Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 19 agreements; $1.3M value; 2 departments; 8 programs.
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Hire expertise and purchase specialized equipment for novel optical filtering additives
Coloursmith Labs Inc. has identified a number of high-impact applications of organic dye encapsulation that fall outside of the firm's current IP landscape. Coloursmith Labs Inc. will develop novel encapsulation designs to suit these applications and expand the scope of the technology.
Design and development of optical filters for addition into silicone-hydrogel contact lenses.
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.
The funding provided by the IAP program is intended to assist innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in the start-up phase that cannot access existing commercial support related to COVID-19.
Engage expertise to help with the development of new products
Preliminary assessment of biocompatibility for advanced encapsulated optical filtering particle additives for use in Class II medical device silicone hydrogel materials.
Coloursmith will be hiring an experienced PhD-level research scientist to become a core member of the R&D team and lead research efforts in multiple development projects currently underway.
International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) – Coloursmith is planning to expand into international markets to locate technology development partners and partners able to collaborate to bring our nanoscale contact lens additives to the international vision care industry. Coloursmith plans to use international co-innovation as a mechanism to accelerate our research and plans to partner with firms that can provide additional knowledge, development speed and market access.
An investigation into optically active materials for soluble inclusion into aqueous polymerized matrices.
Engage consultants to advance commercialization activities
Engage intellectual property expertise and access training on leading edge technology
Coloursmith Labs Inc. requires a long-term Chemical Technician who is also capable of project management of a small team of technical support staff. The Firm’s aim in hiring this qualified person is to support the ongoing research into contact lens compositions with unique light filtering applications.
Coloursmith Labs Inc. plans to hire a Research Chemist with experience in polymer design and organic synthesis. Youth candidate will support firm’s continued development of patented light filtering additives capable of integration into silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
National Institute of Nanotechnology PhD Research Chemist to develop and evaluate advanced micelle copolymer encapsulation techniques for novel materials payload delivery.
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.
The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm.
Investigation of viable particle encapsulation processes for silicon hydrogel manufacturing.
Development of corporate branding, website, and preparation of marketing support materials for ColourSmith Labs.
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.