Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement

Overview of the Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement program:

The Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Program is a leveraged funding partnership with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to support collaboration between eligible Alberta post-secondary institutions and small-to-medium sized Alberta companies with up to $150,000 per year for a maximum of two years.

Benefits of the Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement program:

• To support collaboration between eligible Alberta post-secondary institutions and small-to-medium sized Alberta companies with up to $150,000 per year for a maximum of two years.

Eligibility criteria of the Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement program:

• The program is open to:
• Researchers from Alberta Post-secondary institutions (Alberta Colleges, Polytechnics and Universities) that meet eligibility criteria for NSERC research programs within the scope of CASBE Stream I and Stream II.
• All Applicants must also:
• Be authorized to undertake the proposed project, and execute a grant agreement with Alberta Innovates on our standard terms;
• Not otherwise be prohibited from receiving Alberta Innovates funding, for instance due to a past bad debt or otherwise not be in good financial standing with Alberta Innovates or its subsidiaries, InnoTech Alberta and C-FER Technologies;
• Have a physical presence in Alberta.
• Notify Alberta Innovates and NSERC immediately in the event any changes to the status of the Industry Partner (e.g., absence or loss of the Industry Partner) takes place during the course of the project. The Applicant must meet the criteria required by NSERC and Alberta Innovates as a result of such changes, to ensure the CASBE project eligibility requirements are maintained in an acceptable manner.