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NGen — AI for Manufacturing Challenge
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
~2–8 projects
Effort
2–4 weeks
Can you get this?
✓Project must be business-led and collaborative
✓Must include one manufacturer and one AI company
✓At least one partner must be an SME
✓Total project costs between $1.5M and $8M
✓Funded at 40% of eligible project costs
Your real odds
With up to $13M split across a minimum project size of $1.5M, only a handful of projects will be funded across the entire country.
The 40% reimbursement model means you need to already have the other 60% covered, so this program is built for established companies, and competition runs nationally across Canada's full manufacturing and AI sector.
What it takes
Form a qualifying consortium (at least one manufacturer + one AI company, with at least one SME)2–4 weeks
Submit Expression of Interest1–2 weeks of prep
Prepare and submit full application with financial, IP, and collaboration documentation3–5 weeks
Worth knowing
NGen explicitly encourages projects spanning multiple manufacturing sites or broader manufacturer engagement, so building a consortium beyond the minimum two partners gives your application more to stand on.
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