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Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)

Amount:

$100,000.00

Type of Program:

Grants


Description:

The Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF) helps move New Brunswick university, college and institutional research to market. The ESCF assists the academic & institutional research communities in pursuing commercialization opportunities by providing up to $50,000 in funding and go-to-market support.

Projects can be applied for in one of two phases:

Phase 1: for technologies that have achieved proof of concept and are now in initial stages of development.

Phase 2: for projects that have clarified the opportunity for commercialization as well as target markets and potential revenue streams.  

Comments on Funding:

Funding is up to $50,000 for projects in either Phase 1 or Phase 2. A given project can receive at most one Phase 1 award and one Phase 2 award, up to a maximum of $50,000 in each phase.


When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

February 14, 2022

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

  • research personnel, including professors, research staff, and faculty members, at approved New Brunswick research institutes,
  • undergraduate, graduate, and college students, as well as post-docs, provided a faculty member is a co-applicant.

Eligible expenses include: 

  • intellectual property development,
  • assessment of market potential,
  • development of go-to-market strategies,
  • business plans and strategic plans,
  • development of intellectual property protection strategies,
  • proof-of-concept or prototype development,
  • technology design and optimization. 

Application Steps:

1

Applicants should apply through the NBIF Research Portal 

Documentation Needed: 

​Applicants must submit:

  1. 1
    the application form,
  2. 2
    a technical report, including a financial report of expenses, at the end of the 1-year funding period.

Other Things to Note:

Innovacorp and New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) are proud to be working together to deliver the Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF) in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 

Program Contact:

​Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)

​Application Portal​​​

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