Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation Program

Overview of the Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation Program program:

Encourage the growth, profitability, sustainability, and self-sufficiency of New Brunswick’s agriculture, agri-food, agri-product, and agri-science sectors including adapting to climate change. Applicants are eligible for funding assistance for approved activities intended to encourage the growth, profitability, sustainability, and self-sufficiency of New Brunswick’s agriculture, agri-food, agri-product, and agri-science sectors through innovative research and development projects; on-farm demonstration trials; pre-commercialization development activities; on-farm innovation; and adoption of new technologies that have a regional or local impact; and adoption of practices and technologies that will support climate change adaptation and mitigation, including reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving carbon sequestration, and related technology transfer activities.

Benefits of the Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation Program program:

• Activities required to move knowledge gained from
• Research along the innovation continuum through to the precommercialization or pre-adoption phase in support of the
• Development of new agri-products, processes, or practices.
• Activities to resolve pre-commercialization issues are eligible.
• Examples include proof of concept, product design, bench tests,
• Pilot projects, product testing, prototyping.

Eligibility criteria of the Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation Program program:

• Indigenous People or Organizations
• Agriculture producers (individuals or groups)
• Agriculture producer associations
• Academic or research institutions
• Agri-businesses
• Other individuals or groups capable of achieving
• Program objectives