Sponsor

The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)

Program

Ignite 

For More Information

Visit the CAHBI Ignite webpage [1]. 

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 [2].

How to Apply

Applications can be submitted via the CABHI Ignite Portal [4]. 

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.