Next Hydrogen Corporation: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Mississauga|Mississauga, ON · grants and contributions register · Mississauga–Malton

Next Hydrogen Corporation: federal grants and contributions: 9 agreements; $3.7M value; 2 departments; 7 programs.

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9agreements
$3.7Mvalue
2departments
7programs

Largest agreements

1017032$2.0Mvalue2023start2025end

To scale up engineering and manufacturing capacity to meet increased demand of water electrolysis for green hydrogen production.

Innovative Water Electrolyzer for Large Scale Green Hydrogen$750Kvalue2023start2024end

In this project, we will develop and validate go-forward capabilities required for low cost of large-scale green hydrogen, leading to early market engagement with market partners. Key activities will include: pilot and prototype demos of a 2nd Gen electrolyser; design/development of a 3rd Gen electrolyser – scaled-up design, development of new electrochemical cell configurations with significantly better energy efficiency, pilot and prototype demos, and design, modeling, and development of our patented power dispatch system for multi-unit systems. This scope will provide required validation of

Innovative Water Electrolyser for Large-Scale Green Hydrogen$505Kvalue2025start2025end

Next Hydrogen is a developer and provider of water electrolysers for low cost, large-scale green hydrogen production. The company’s unique patented design enables the operational flexibility required to cost effectively utilize renewable energy sources. Next Hydrogen is a Mississauga-based company working to further scale up its product for further significant cost reduction.

ITPD-RoW – NHC-GEV ITPD – Demonstration of Next Hydrogen Electrolyser Integrated with GE Vernova Power Converter$278Kvalue2024start2025end

As part of the international cleantech project “Demonstration of Next Hydrogen Electrolyser Integrated with GE Vernova Power Converter,” this project will focus on integration of Next Hydrogen Corporation's (NHC's) electrolyser with a custom-designed, advanced GE Vernova (GEV) AC-DC power converter and demonstration with grid, solar, and simulated wind power at the GE Vernova Advanced Research Center (the ARC). NHC and the ARC will evaluate, characterize, and model the integrated system. GEV will subsequently scale up its design to the 8 MW range for integration with NHC's new scaled-up GEN3 e

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 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.

Test Technician$30.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Support Next Hydrogen's core development program by setting up, monitoring, and reporting on various testing of developmental electrolysers in custom designed and built test stations. Specific objectives include development and implementation of new test stands with improved capabilities, new test protocols, and subsequently execution of tests of the performance, durability, and reliability of new electrolyser designs.

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.

Next Hydrogen Corporation-2021-2022-981806$19.0Kvalue2021start2022end

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$2.0Mvalue1programs
National Research Council Canada8agreements$1.7Mvalue6programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20251agreements$505Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
20242agreements$308Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20232agreements$2.8Mvalue2programs
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$19.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20203agreements$111Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program

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.