Hydrogen Optimized Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Owen Sound|Owen Sound, ON · grants and contributions register · Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound

Hydrogen Optimized Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 3 agreements; $4.6M value; 2 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-11RKMWO1W5 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Hydrogen Optimized Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/hydrogen-optimized-inc/

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3agreements
$4.6Mvalue
2departments
3programs

Largest agreements

1004378$3.6Mvalue2022start2025end

To increase production capacity and commercialization of technology to meet growing green hydrogen demands in global markets.

Development of Manufacturing Processes of Hydrogen Optimized' RuggedCell™ Water Electrolyzer$999Kvalue2021start2024end

Hydrogen Optimized will work to reduce the cost of the RuggedCell™ and develop its Manufacturing Readiness Level with focus on automation, quality, vertical integration, and repeatability.

Hydrogen Optimized Inc.-2024-2025-1020394$29.0Kvalue2024start2025end

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.

Departments

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario1agreements$3.6Mvalue1programs
National Research Council Canada2agreements$1.0Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SME

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20241agreements$29.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20221agreements$3.6Mvalue1programs
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
20211agreements$999Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

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.