Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund

SAIF will support projects intended to develop new technologies, products, or services for Saskatchewan's core economic industries and their support systems.
  • Innovation Saskatchewan
Overview of the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund program:

The Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF), is a research and development (R&D) funding program designed to accelerate commercialization of game-changing technological innovations in the province’s core sectors. Through SAIF, Innovation Saskatchewan (IS) provides non-repayable grants to projects that address a specific industry challenge. Please note: IS will provide feedback to any applicants that submit a draft of their proposal before the submission deadline. All applicants submitting a full proposal are strongly advised to take advantage of this opportunity

Benefits of the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund program:
  • Target Sectors
  • SAIF will accept applications for R&D projects related to the following areas:
  • Mining
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing and Processing
  • Healthcare
  • Program Objectives
  • Support industry-driven R&D projects that advance innovation in the identified core
  • Economic sectors.
  • Accelerate commercialization and adoption of innovative technologies that will benefit
  • The identified economic sector(s).
  • Address industry challenges and create broad economic benefits through the
  • Development of technological innovations.
Eligibility criteria of the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund program:
  • All applications must meet the following criteria to be considered for funding:
  • Proposed by a group of active private sector partners that represent the projects value chain (researchers, those involved in the production/supply process, and customer/end users).
  • Active partner: participating in the project either through cash and/or in-kind contribution, equity investment, and/or letter of intent to purchase.
  • Project must be led by a Saskatchewan-based organization*. Preference will be given to lead proponents with headquarters in Saskatchewan. The project group can consist of non-Saskatchewan organizations, providing the majority of the group have headquarters presence in Saskatchewan.
  • Priority is given to proposals that have an academic partner from a Saskatchewan post-secondary or research institute.
  • Demonstrate how the technological innovation will solve a specific industry challenge and benefit the sector as a whole, not just individual companies.
  • Technological solutions must be novel and innovative.
  • Demonstrate a feasible path to commercialization and how the benefits of the project will be sustained over the long-term.
  • Industry partners must provide 50% or more of the projects budget. The amount requested from IS is no more than 30% of the proposed budget.
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