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Government of Canada, National Research Council Canada
NRC — Challenge programs
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
Not published
Effort
1–3 days
Can you get this?
✓Open to academic institutions and SMEs
✓Must offer complementary expertise
✓Includes international partners
✓Programs developed with stakeholder consultation
Your real odds
The peer-reviewed, stakeholder-consulted process makes this competitive, and the structure is defined enough that you can study what wins.
Each Challenge program runs up to seven years, so you are not locked into a single annual window, and several programs run simultaneously, which means multiple entry points exist at once.
What it takes
Identify a relevant active Challenge program that matches your expertise1–3 days
Express interest or register for collaboration opportunities via NRC's program page1–2 weeks
Develop and submit a collaboration proposal with complementary research expertise4–8 weeks
Worth knowing
Quantum, electric vehicles, and AI programs are opening with an expression-of-interest phase before formal applications launch, and engaging there lets you shape program priorities before the scoring criteria are fixed.
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