Optiwave Systems Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa|Ottawa, ON · grants and contributions register · Nepean

Optiwave Systems Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 14 agreements; $2.4M value; 1 departments; 6 programs.

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14agreements
$2.4Mvalue
1departments
6programs

Largest agreements

CIIP Korea consortium project: Efficient Hybrid optic simulation platform for IoT applications using microLED technology$600Kvalue2018start2021end

A simulation tool for the analysis of macro-scale performance with nano-scale structures, combining ray-tracing and finite-difference time-domain capabilities and verification with microLED devices and micro-lens array structures.

Germany 3+2 AIIR-Power: Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Design and Manufacturing of Infrared Photonic Power Converters for Power+Telecom$600Kvalue2021start2024end

Germany 3+2 AIIR-Power consortium project with German and Canadian partners to develop Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for the optimization of optoelectronic devices. An AI approach will be applied to design & manufacture elevated-voltage photonic power converters (PPC) operating at 1550 nm, enabling combined power & data long-distance transfer. Materials, fabrication and full devices will be characterized.

Mitacs - free-space optical data and power transmission with ground station demonstrator (Freespace)$264Kvalue2023start2026end

This project works towards delivering ground-based power to HAPS or satellites, to increase power budgets for high-data-rates and capacities, moving heavy equipment to the ground. This will enable always-on performance with reliable power delivery, free of the day-night cycle or limits of installed battery capacity. Main activities are: (1) AI-enhanced photonic power converter design & characterization (2) System modeling & validation for FSO data & power transmission (3) Free space optical data+power beaming demonstration using NRC’s ARTEMIS optical ground station.

Agreement$246Kvalue2013start–end
“QUANTUM FREESPACE”: Squeezed Light Continuous Variable Quantum Free-Space Mobile Optical Data Links$225Kvalue2026start2029end

Quantum networks work best when devices exchange quantum information directly without classical conversion. The Project will study free‑space quantum networking across fixed and mobile platforms. Current quantum‑secure links using low‑flux entangled photons have limited range and rate; a new method enabling secure links at all laser flux levels aims to extend both while preserving quantum information. Custom quantum transmitters and receivers emulating squeezed light will be developed, optimized, and tested across ground and ground‑to‑airborne links using NRC’s ARTEMIS facility. System perform

Agreement$200Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$126Kvalue2013start–end
Optiwave Systems Inc.-2026-2027-1043165$36.0Kvalue2026start2027end

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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Optiwave Systems Inc-2021-2022-986077$32.0Kvalue2022start2023end

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.

Optiwave Systems Inc.-2023-2024-1005673$32.0Kvalue2023start2024end

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.

Business Model Redux Action Plan for Optiwave Systems Inc$30.0Kvalue2020start2020end

This project is to help the firm make critical adjustments to their business model, conduct market validation, and customer discovery sessions in light of changing market conditions.

Optiwave Systems Inc - 2020-2021 - 962832$30.0Kvalue2020start2021end

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.

Optiwave Systems Inc.-2025-2026-1032161$25.0Kvalue2025start2026end

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.

EUREKA cluster Xecs: Participation in Canadian partnering mission to 2023 PIC Summit in the Netherlands$3.0Kvalue2023start2023end

Participation in the NRC IRAP’s PIC Summit Europe mission held in the Netherlands, November 6-10, 2023, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas for the 2023 Xecs Call for Proposals.

Departments

National Research Council Canada14agreements$2.4Mvalue6programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Canadian International Innovation Program
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • CanExport SMEs
  • CanExport SME
  • CanExport

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20262agreements$261Kvalue2programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • CanExport
20251agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20233agreements$299Kvalue3programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • CanExport SME
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20221agreements$32.0Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20211agreements$600Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20202agreements$60.0Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SMEs
20181agreements$600Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian International Innovation Program
20133agreements$572Kvalue0programs

    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.