Illusense Inc.: federal grants and contributions

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

Illusense Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 9 agreements; $1.6M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-1JRTF6M0Q1 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Illusense Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/illusense-inc/

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9agreements
$1.6Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

EUREKA Project – PSI LiDAR – Development of PSI (Power Spectrum Interferometry) LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for Automotive application$415Kvalue2019start2020end

EUREKA - PSI LiDAR - Develop a LiDAR sensor to provide new and innovative machine vision capabilities for autonomous vehicles.

000016973$376Kvalue2020start2021end

Support for Illusense Inc. to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic

FFCW Transceiver development$250Kvalue2023start2024end

Develop integrated wafer level coherent LIDAR based on FFCW technology.

Agreement$150Kvalue2014start–end
Agreement$132Kvalue2016start–end
Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2$101Kvalue2020start2020end

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$71.1Kvalue2020start2020end

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

Agreement$46.0Kvalue2013start–end
Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2.5$37.9Kvalue2020start2021end

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.

Departments

National Research Council Canada8agreements$1.2Mvalue4programs
  • Eureka/Eurostar
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$376Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Years

20231agreements$250Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20204agreements$586Kvalue3programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20191agreements$415Kvalue1programs
  • Eureka/Eurostar
20161agreements$132Kvalue0programs
    20141agreements$150Kvalue0programs
      20131agreements$46.0Kvalue0programs

        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.