Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)

ESCF helps move Nova Scotia university, college and university-affiliated hospital research to market. ESCF assists and supports the academic community in the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities. The purpose of ESCF is to provide support for projects demonstrating readiness to advance a technology that has achieved, or is close to achieving, a prototype/proof-of-concept stage and is approaching market readiness with a possibility of attracting industry partners and/or investment. The prospect of generating a new revenue stream must also be apparent.

• Promote and accelerate technology transfer activities in Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions.
• Provide the opportunity to assess the commercial potential of intellectual property.
• Narrow the gap that exists at the beginning of the commercialization process, and enable projects to move closer to industry collaboration and/or technology spin-off.

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