Nucliq Biologics Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · St. John's|St. John's, NL · grants and contributions register · St. John's East

Nucliq Biologics Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 11 agreements; $1.2M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

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11agreements
$1.2Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

225810$375Kvalue2024start2025end

Enhance commercialization capacity and undertake marketing activities to accelerate growth

Gut Health Check Kit Design, Development and Report Production using Artificial Intelligence$249Kvalue2021start2023end

Digestive disorders are observed in 20 million Canadians every year. Moreover, it costs 18 bn dollars to the Canadian economy in terms of medical expenses and loss of productivity. Nucliq Biologics Inc (NBI) incorporated in April 2019 provides services to reveal the gut microbial diversity for the patients suffering with dysbiosis (gut microbial imbalance), gastrointestinal problems, obesity and other gut related diseases. NBI performs tests to uncover the gut microbiome and provides a detailed clinical report and counselling related to gut health, food, nutrition and bacterial composition to

Automation and Optimization of Gutcheck Test Process and Report Generation Processes to Support Growth and Scalability$170Kvalue2023start2024end

NBI performs tests to uncover the gut microbiome and provides a detailed clinical report and counselling related to gut health, food, nutrition and bacterial composition to improve patient’s health. The current process and analysis developed stands as a foundation and assets of Nucliq. However, to serve thousands of customers these processes need to be automated in a way that it reduces the burden of dependencies on the company. The automation of the Gutcheck process is essential not only for scaling up but also to produce high throughput quality sequencing data for performing advanced microbi

Expanding Gutcheck: Multi-site Microbiome Testing with AI-Driven Insights$74.9Kvalue2025start2026end

The human microbiome extends beyond the gut, with vaginal and oral microbial ecosystems playing vital roles in systemic and reproductive health. Nucliq Biologics, through its flagship platform Gutcheck, is pioneering precision microbiome analysis. Building on Gutcheck’s success, and to address the growing demand for integrated, multi-site testing that can provide individuals and clinicians with a more holistic view of health, this project focuses on developing and validating a vaginal microbiome testing module, the first step toward integrated, multi-site microbiome profiling. By incorporating

Microbiome Data Analysis and Curation in New Products$62.4Kvalue2025start2025end

This project advances microbiome testing through 2 additional assessment products and metadata evaluation for drug discovery. This initiative strengthens microbiome analysis, personalized health insights, and future therapeutic advancements.

220893$50.0Kvalue2022start2023end

Enhance business development capabilities to support commercialization efforts

225513$50.0Kvalue2023start2025end

Enhance technical research capabilities to support product development and company growth

Gut Health Check Analysis Kit Development$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Digestive disorders are observed in 20 million Canadians every year. Moreover, it costs 18 bn dollars to the Canadian economy. Nucliq Biologics Inc (NBI) incorporated in April 2019 provides services to reveal the gut microbial diversity for the patients suffering with dysbiosis (gut microbial imbalance), gastrointestinal problems, obesity, and other gut-related diseases. NBI performs tests to uncover the gut microbiome and provides a detailed gut microbial richness report and counseling related to gut health, food, nutrition and bacterial composition to improve patient’s health.

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Commercialization of Gutcheck Microbiome Analysis Kit (Business Expansion & Development)$30.0Kvalue2023start2023end

Nucliq Biologics Inc. is a St John’s, NL- based biotechnology company leveraging its knowledge of molecular and functional interactions between the microbiome and the human body to understand and develop microbiome-based test kits and therapeutics. We have designed and developed the Gut CheckTM analysis kit, a home testing kit for gut microbiome analysis. For the current project, we will identify the channel leads in the Atlantic provinces and increase the no. of channel partners such as health practitioners, naturopaths, senior homes, sports and nutrition, and holistic approach organizations.

Lab Technician - Expand Lab Tests$30.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Improve B2B partner requirements (including fungal and parasite detection) and to expand the customer base to include younger customers by establishing an enhanced set of tests in the lab. These activities will prepare the firm to diversify their products to serve the needs of their customers in the market.

Youth Employment - Software Development$30.0Kvalue2025start2025end

This project will increase automation in the order processing pipeline, thereby leading to higher efficiencies and reduced risks.

Departments

National Research Council Canada8agreements$696Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency3agreements$475Kvalue3programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Years

20253agreements$167Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20242agreements$405Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20233agreements$250Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20221agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
20211agreements$249Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20201agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • 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.