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Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) - Challenge stream

Solutions innovatrices Canada - volet Défi

Status

Status not published

Individual challenges open and close on their own dates throughout the year; check the ISC challenge list for the currently open ones.

Open now
Amount
1,000,000 CAD

Phase 1 proof-of-feasibility contracts commonly up to CAD 150,000 for six months; Phase 2 prototype contracts commonly up to CAD 1 million for up to two years. This is procurement of R&D, so the company keeps the IP.

Funder

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Individual challenges open and close on their own dates throughout the year; check the ISC challenge list for the currently open ones.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

For-profit incorporated in Canada with 499 or fewer FTEs; solution must be at a defined technology readiness level range for the challenge.

How to apply

  1. Browse open challenges on the ISC website.
  2. Register in BuyandSell / CanadaBuys and submit a Phase 1 proposal by the challenge deadline.
  3. If selected, deliver the Phase 1 feasibility study under contract.
  4. Compete for a Phase 2 prototype contract.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/innovative-solutions-canada/en · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: ised-isde.canada.ca

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