Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain Program | Protein Industries Canada

Description

Protein Industries Canada is an industry-led, not-for-profit, value-chain organization created to position Canada as a global source of high-quality plant protein and plant-based co-products. Our vision is to position Canada as a leading global source of sustainable, high-quality plant protein and plant-based co-products, while substantially contributing to Canada’s economic growth and international trade. Our mission is to inspire innovation and support collaboration to transform Canada’s agriculture and food processing sectors. Protein Industries Canada has a track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders to accelerate and commercialize transformative innovations in Canada’s plant-based food, feed, and ingredient ecosystem.

Eligible projects and costs

To be eligible, projects must include at least one of the following:

• Reformulating products with domestically produced ingredients;
• Scale-up and commercialization work to increase the supply of domestically produced food products to Canadian consumers; or
• Scale-up and commercialization of domestically produced ingredients to Canadian manufacturers.

As with all Protein Industries Canada investments, projects are required to use Canadian feedstocks or ingredients derived from Canadian field crops such as wheat, oats, barley, peas, soy or fava beans. Other emerging crops, such as lupin or hemp, will also be considered.

Total eligible project costs should be between $50,000 and $200,000. The maximum level of reimbursement from Protein Industries Canada will be 75% of total project costs (between $37,500 and $150,000). Projects must be a maximum of 12 months in length.

Full eligibility requirements are available in the Program Guide.

Eligibility For a project to be considered eligible for investment, it must: 

1. Applicants must be Canadian-owned companies with funding priority given to Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs: a business with 499 or fewer employees and less than $50 million in gross revenues).

 Applicants must have a minimum of $100,000 in sales in the previous fiscal year. A project may include academic or research institution(s). This is not mandatory but is encouraged.

 2. Protein Industries Canada will reimburse up to 75 per cent of eligible costs of approved projects. 

Applicants will be required to demonstrate their financial capacity to undertake the project. 

3. The project must be aligned with the objectives of Protein Industries Canada and the Global Innovation Cluster initiative.

 4. Companies may only apply for one project. 

5. The initiative must be incremental to the regular business of the participating organizations, meaning that the project: 

• Is not approved nor in progress and that financial commitments to it are distinct from investments that would have otherwise occurred; and 

• Is new or would not be undertaken at the same scope or scale without the co-investment provided by the Cluster. 

6. All projects must have experienced and proven project management capabilities. 

7. All Ultimate Recipients must be compliant with all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the Government of Canada.

 8. The project cannot be a “designated project” or a “project” under the applicable federal environmental and impact assessment legislation.

 9. The project must commit to having IP outcomes owned in Canada.