Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Kitchener|Kitchener, ON · grants and contributions register · Kenora—Kiiwetinoong

Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 11 agreements; $7.0M value; 4 departments; 8 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-1SJGH6N0AN · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/nicoya-lifesciences-inc/

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11agreements
$7.0Mvalue
4departments
8programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$2.6Mvalue2019start–end

The project supports the company to commercialize the OpenSPR-2 and expand outside of academic research and into the biotech, and pharma verticals.

Atlas: Point-of-Care COVID-19 Diagnostic ELISA Powered by Digital Microfluidics$2.0Mvalue2021start2022end

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and National Research Council (NRC) are seeking a solution that will diagnose individuals affected by COVID-19 within 3 days of the start of their symptoms using a sample, other than a nasopharyngeal swab, with a rapid single-use home testing kit analogous to a home pregnancy test.

5293520201124$1.0Mvalue2020start2021end

RRRF funding will be used to support Recipients to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CIIP India – NGS-ECD-ALP - Next-Gen Sequencing for Early Cancer Detection: Automated Library Preparation$513Kvalue2025start2027end

Develop an automated solution for a cancer screening assay.

BALANCE - Bioreactor Automation for Learning and Adaptive Networked Control of Experiments$490Kvalue2025start2026end

Our project brings together Basetwo AI (Canada), CPI (UK), Nicoya (Canada), and Labman (UK) to develop an innovative approach for bioreactor control and optimization, that could significantly reduce the required cost, labour and time-to-market for developing bioreactor processes, and act as a testbed for model-based control of biomanufacturing processes.

Atlas: Point-of-Care COVID-19 Diagnostic ELISA Powered by Digital Microfluidics$299Kvalue2020start2020end

COVID-19 Challenge - Point of Care and Home Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19

MNC Collab - DASMMOP - Development of an automated, single molecule multiomics platform for rapid, at-line biomanufacturing$75.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Development of an automated, single molecule multiomics platform for rapid at-line biomanufacturing.

Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.-2026-2027-1041674$37.0Kvalue2026start2026end

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.

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Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.-2021-2022-987276$35.0Kvalue2022start2022end

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.

CIIP PDA – Nicoya Lifesciences Inc – 2023-24$2.7Kvalue2024start2024end

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) contribution agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$2.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

Departments

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario2agreements$3.6Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

National Research Council Canada7agreements$3.4Mvalue5programs
  • Innovative Solutions Canada
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Canadian International Innovation Program
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Global Affairs Canada1agreements$2.7Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada1agreements$2.0Kvalue1programs

Years

20261agreements$37.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport
20252agreements$1.0Mvalue2programs
  • Canadian International Innovation Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20242agreements$77.7Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
20221agreements$35.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20211agreements$2.0Mvalue1programs
  • Innovative Solutions Canada
20202agreements$1.3Mvalue2programs
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct
  • Innovative Solutions Canada
20192agreements$2.6Mvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

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.