Life Sciences British Columbia Society: federal grants and contributions

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Life Sciences British Columbia Society: federal grants and contributions: 16 agreements; $3.6M value; 3 departments; 3 programs.

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16agreements
$3.6Mvalue
3departments
3programs

Largest agreements

PC0008493$1.1Mvalue2024start2027end

Deliver a global business development Program and life sciences showcase

Agreement$558Kvalue2009start–end
LSBC Investor Readiness Program for SMEs 2021-2025$408Kvalue2021start2025end

The LifeSciences BC Investor Readiness Program for SMEs 2021-2023 is a continuation of this program that was initially launched in 2020. This program brings together annual cohorts of at least 10 early-stage BC SMEs in the life sciences sector with an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). EIRs are carefully selected and matched to each SME based on specific experience and knowledge relevant to that particular SME. The program supports the participating SMEs to become “investor ready” by providing them with new skills to successfully attract investment funds. Each cohort-year of the program will c

LSBC Investor Readiness Program for SMEs 2025-2027$255Kvalue2025start2027end

LSBC Investor Readiness Program for SMEs 2025-2027

Agreement$251Kvalue2010start–end
MBA Internship and Investor Readiness Programs for SMEs$225Kvalue2018start2019end

Life Sciences British Columbia supports life sciences companies development and growth in British Columbia and the objectives of this project are to provide selected SMEs with MBA interns from the Sauder School of Business (UBC) to undertake projects to accelerate SME growth; and, to assist SMEs to be 'investor ready' with a customized approach to fund raising via the Investor Readiness Program.

Agreement$177Kvalue2009start–end
Agreement$108Kvalue2015start–end
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2020 LSBC Investor Readiness Program for SMEs$82.6Kvalue2020start2021end

The 2020 LifeSciences BC Investor Readiness Program for SMEs will bring together ten early-stage BC SMEs with an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). EIRs will be carefully selected and matched to each SME based on specific experience and knowledge relevant to that particular SME. The program will support the participating SMEs to become “investor ready” by providing them with new skills to successfully attract investment funds. The program will culminate in an investor pitch session where the participants will use their new skills to present to a group of pre-qualified investors.

Agreement$66.9Kvalue2014start–end
LSBC Business Development Program for SMEs 2024-2025$63.5Kvalue2024start2025end

LSBC Business Development Program for SMEs 2024-2025

Life Sciences BC - Sauder MBA Summer Internship Program$60.8Kvalue2019start2019end

The objective of the project is to provide selected SMEs with MBA interns from the Sauder School of Business (UBC) to undertake projects to accelerate SME growth.

Agreement$60.0Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$60.0Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$55.0Kvalue2017start–end
PC0009426$22.0Kvalue2024start2024end

Life Sciences Promotion at BIO 2024

Departments

National Research Council Canada13agreements$1.9Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Pacific Economic Development Canada2agreements$1.1Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Pacific Economic Development Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$558Kvalue0programs

Years

20251agreements$255Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20243agreements$1.2Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20211agreements$408Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20201agreements$82.6Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20191agreements$60.8Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20181agreements$225Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20171agreements$55.0Kvalue0programs
    20161agreements$60.0Kvalue0programs
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      20152agreements$168Kvalue0programs
        20141agreements$66.9Kvalue0programs
          20101agreements$251Kvalue0programs
            20092agreements$735Kvalue0programs

              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.