Sponsor
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
Program
Ignite
For More Information
Visit the CAHBI Ignite webpage.
Description
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, understands the critical hurdles early-stage Canadian innovators (including researchers, point-of-care staff, and companies) face when designing solutions for older persons. Early-stage innovators have limited access to funding, face high development costs, and encounter challenges with validating their solutions in real-world settings. These challenges can stall innovation progress and prevent promising ideas from achieving real-world impact.
The Ignite program is designed to target these challenges by offering early-stage Canadian innovators access to non-dilutive funding in the range of $50,000 to $150,000. Funds can be applied towards a variety of projects such as:
- Technological research and development activities;
- Concept and prototype development;
- Testing and simulation activities; and,
- Validation trials.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be affiliated with an accredited Canadian academic institution (e.g., university, college) or a recognized research or healthcare organization (e.g., hospital, research institute).
- The applicant must hold a position as a faculty member, postdoctoral fellow, point-of-care worker (e.g., physician, nurse, PSW, clinical manager), or research scientist at the affiliated institution or organization.
- The project/organization's solution must be at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 or below.
Funding Availability
Canadian innovators can receive non-dilutive funding in the range of $50,000 to $150,000 CAD and a suite of acceleration services to help develop, test, and validate their solutions.
Indirect Costs
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Indirect costs are not permitted as per the Eligible Expenses Guidelines.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | Copy of application and OR-5 form due to research.services@uoguelph.ca. | |
External Deadline | Application due to be submitted via the CABHI Ignite portal. |
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted via the CABHI Ignite Portal.
You can save your work and complete it over multiple sessions if required. Once saved, the URL can be forwarded to additional users to work on the same form. CABHI does not recommend having the form open on multiple computers or browsers at the same time. They strongly recommend that you save an offline copy on your computer.