Marketing Support Assistance

Overview of the Marketing Support Assistance program:

The Marketing Support Assistance helps Prince Edward Island businesses with their marketing costs from start-up through to international exporting. This assists companies as they undertake marketing research, advertising and promotion, and market investigation.

Benefits of the Marketing Support Assistance program:

• This assistance provides up to 40 per cent of the eligible costs to a maximum of $16,000. Each business will be allowed up to two applications per calendar year totaling a maximum of $16,000.

Eligibility criteria of the Marketing Support Assistance program:

• To be an eligible applicant, a business must be located in Prince Edward Island and:
• Be registered to do business and actively operating in Prince Edward Island;
• Manufactures, processes, or develops goods or services primarily for export;
• Operates within one of these strategic sectors:
• Bioscience
• Aerospace and defence
• Advanced manufacturing and processing
• Renewable energy and clean technology
• Information and communications technology
• Creative and cultural industries
• First-of-its-kind exportable goods or services in other sectors may be considered.
• A business that has a defaulted outstanding debt obligation on file in the Provinces Central Default Registry is not eligible for Innovation PEI assistance.
• New project submissions from an applicant in default on any reporting, project completion or financial obligation to Innovation PEI will not be reviewed until a resolution to the default is reached.