Access Funding Through Research Collaborations

When you collaborate with UBC Mech, you significantly multiply your company’s research dollars.

When you enter a research agreement, you gain access to expertise from leading researchers and top graduate and undergraduate students. Collaboration can accelerate your research and development, and provide access to grants that leverage your company’s research dollars.

Our researchers have access to a wide range of grants to match, partially match, supplement, or fund industry projects. Collaborative research can significantly leverage your research budget.

At UBC Mechanical Engineering, there is no single template for a successful research partnership. The subject, scope, degree of involvement, funding, and intellectual property agreements are negotiated and approved in advance – you can be confident about working alongside our researchers. UBC staff will guide you through the process of starting a partnership.

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Examples of available grants

These links are examples of grants UBC Mechanical Engineering faculty members can access. It is not an exhaustive list of the funding opportunities that are available. Your university collaborator will advise you on the most appropriate grants, and lead the grant application process.

NSERC ALLIANCE

The NSERC Alliance Grants support research partnerships between academic researchers and private, public, or not-for profit organizations. This funding is meant to support more direct application of research results to the benefit of Canadians.

MITACS

Mitacs Canada is a non-profit national research organization that supports research partnerships between Canada and international partners, and also provides funding to research internships between Canadian universities and industry. The organization manages and leads major research projects across Canada through its various programs.

NSERC CRD

The Collaborative Research Development Grant is a mutually beneficial collaboration between university researchers, their private-sector partners, and NSERC. The grant is awarded for two or three years to R&D projects, with the direct project costs shared by NSERC and the industrial collaborator.

NSERC Idea to Innovation

Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants are designed for highly promising R&D projects with recognized technology transfer potential. In providing assistance in the initial stages of technology validation and market connection, the grant aims to accelerate the development of the technology and promote its transfer to a Canadian company.

CIHR and NSERC CHRP

A joint initiative between NSERC and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Collaborative Research Health Projects support collaborative research projects in the field of the natural sciences, engineering, or health sciences. CHRP funding can support projects for up to three years, helping advance knowledge translation that leads to health benefits for Canadians and economic development in health-related areas.