Call for Proposals – 2020 Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program (Canada)
Deadline: 22 May 2020
The Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has launched a Call for Proposals under its new Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program.
(Ad) Are You Searching for Latest Grants, New Donors, Sample Proposals, Jobs and How to Apply Resources? fundsforNGOs Premium has all these and more at one place! Learn more.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is an industry led transformative cluster focused on tackling the shared challenges of multiple ocean sectors through a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of globally relevant solutions.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will invest up to $35 million through the 2020 Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program (AOSP) to trigger additional industry investment in innovation and capability-building in oceans during this challenging time. This is a deadline driven, competitive opportunity for smaller scale projects that can be completed in less than two years. Structured in a different way than the core Technology Leadership and Innovation Ecosystem Programs, this Call for Proposals is focused on three Project Themes across four Project Types:
(Ad) Stop getting irritated with excessing advertisements. View the information you want quickly on a clean, ad-free and exclusive Member Dashboard that offers tools to search for grants, view latest grant opportunities, upcoming deadlines, sample proposals, downloadable ebooks and also organize your favourites! Learn more.
AOSP Project Themes
Remote operations;
Digital/automated technologies; and
Environmental technologies.
AOSP Project Types
(Ad) Are you still finding it difficult to search for donors online? Join Premium and use our powerful Donor Search mechanism to find relevant donors based on your country and location or keyword. Our specially developed algorithm will search across the internet for the most relevant and useful donors of your interest willing to fund your work. Learn more.
Product/service advancement and commercialization;
Capacity and infrastructure;
Process enhancement; and
Innovation ecosystem.
Successful proposals will deliver definitive commercial outcomes, support the resolution of near-term labour, skill, and capability challenges of applicants, and demonstrate technical and structural alignment with the Call’s requirements.
Selection Criteria
(Ad) Not able to keep track of so may different grant opportunities and their deadlines? No problem! fundsforNGOs Premium has a handy tool called « Deadline Calendar. » This tool will help you keep track of all upcoming grant opportunities and their deadlines and view them in a beautiful calendar format. Learn more.
Proposals will be evaluated by an OSC Proposal Evaluation Committee (PEC), and selection recommendations will be ratified by the OSC Board of Directors.
All individuals involved in the evaluation process will be under an OSC non-disclosure agreement and in compliance with OSC’s Conflict of Interest Policy.
Applicants will be notified of the selection outcome, including communication of any conditions for funding.
Selected applicants are required to enter into a Project Agreement, which sets out the terms and conditions related to funding.
For more information, visit https://oceansupercluster.ca/projects/accelerated-ocean-solutions-program/