CARIC, OAC and OCE
Industry – Academic
Aerospace Information
Sessions
January 8, 2015 – Ryerson University
January 13, 2015 – Canadore College
January 15, 2015 – Carleton University
OCE, OAC AND CARIC
OAC – July 2013
• Aerospace R&TD Challenge Fund ($2.5m in projects)
CARIC – October/2014 Letter of understanding (CARIC/OAC/OCE)
• Developing opportunities to collaborate on R&D and
commercialization projects in aerospace
• OAC leads the CARIC office in Ontario
• Resource employed by OCE for development of collaboration
opportunities – responsible to all three organizations
OCE emerging in the ITB program as a R&D/Entrepeneurship
investment facilitator in the province of Ontario.
• Attended AIAC (Nov Ottawa)
• Attended IAC conference (Oct Toronto)
• In conversation with a number of organizations
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CORPORATE PRIORITIES
1
Drive growth through public and industry partnerships
2
Deploy strategic thrusts in priority sectors
3
Create a marketplace for industry to access expertise
4
Foster student entrepreneurship
5
Build capacity
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FOCAL POINT FOR
COLLABORATION
Academia
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Support applied industryacademic R&D and
commercialization projects
Support youth
entrepreneurship
Industry
Government
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Advance innovation
agenda
Drive economic
development outcomes
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Enable access to
advanced research
capabilities
Enable access to highly
skilled talent
OUR MISSION
Accelerate innovation through
game-changing research leading to
successful commercialization and
vibrant collaboration between
industry, academia and government
OUR CORE COMPETENCIES
Innovation
Enabler
Capital
Enabler
Trusted Partner
Connector
OUR EXPERTISE
ACCELERATE
COMMERCIALIZATION
DUE
DILIGENCE
CO-INVESTMENT
CUSTOMER
READY
INVESTOR
READY
REDUCE
RISK FOR PARTNERS
CAPITAL ENABLER
CONNECTOR
We bring together the key players
in the innovation ecosystem.
Innovation
Enabler
Capital
Enabler
Trusted Partner
Connector
TRUSTED PARTNER
Whole-of-government approach
Provide our mutual clients with a single entry
point to access provincial and federal funding.
We work in partnership with the Government of
Ontario, NSERC, IRAP and FedDev to co-fund
R&D and commercialization projects,
leveraging provincial and federal support to
increase impact and minimize duplication.
TRUSTED PARTNER
Whole-of-government approach
Provide our mutual clients with a single entry
point to access provincial and federal funding.
We work in partnership with the Government of
Ontario, NSERC, IRAP and FedDev to co-fund
R&D and commercialization projects,
leveraging provincial and federal support to
increase impact and minimize duplication.
Through this program we now add CARIC and
OAC
OUR FOCUS INDUSTRIES
Advanced
Manufacturing
Energy and
Environment
ICT and
Digital Media
Advanced
Health
INNOVATION ENABLER
• We enable innovation through a variety of
programs
• Those applicable to today’s session will be
outlined.
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ONTARIO CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)
was established by the Ontario
government in 1987
Created to bridge the gap between
industry and academia and to build
partnerships between industry and
universities, colleges and research
hospitals
Part of the Ontario Network of
Entrepreneurs (ONE), a client-focused,
province-wide innovation network
Drives the development of Ontario’s
economy by helping create new jobs,
products, services, technologies and
Businesses
Leverages the full capacity of Ontario’s
research institutions to help technologybased companies commercialize research
discoveries
Provides unique perspective on industry
challenges/needs and relevant areas of
research
Leverages investments from industry and
other partners
Offers tailored programs that are
responsive, flexible and adaptive
Provides real-world job experiences
Mentors and supports student
entrepreneurs with a promising business
idea
INDUSTRY – ACADEMIC R & D
COLLABORATION
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC R&D
COLLABORATION
Collaboration Voucher Program
*Voucher for Industry Association
R&D Challenge (VIA)
*Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP I & VIP
II)
*Voucher for E-Business (VEB)
Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program
COMMERCIALIZATION
Market Readiness Program
*Customer Creation
*Company Building
AdvancingHealth Program
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Connected Vehicle/Autonomous
Vehicle Research Program (CVAV)
On-Campus Entrepreneurship
Activities
Campus Linked Accelerators
SmartStart Seed Fund
Entrepreneurship Fellowships
TalentEdge
*Internships
*Martin Walmsley Fellowships
*David McFadden Energy Entrepreneur
Challenge
*Fellowships
Explore
High School Competition
*Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch
INDUSTRY – ACADEMIC R & D
COLLABORATION
VOUCHER FOR
INNOVATION AND
PRODUCTIVITY
VIP I – $20,000 to address
technical challenges that will
have a commercial impact, with
a focus on export development
VIP II – Between $50,000 and
$75,000 annually for a business
to commercialize IP developed in
Ontario academic research
institutions via start-ups or
licensing
VOUCHER FOR E-BUSINESS
(VEB)
Up to $2,500 for “main street”
SMEs to connect with Ontario
colleges to take advantage of
online tools to drive e-business,
market expansion and exports
VOUCHER FOR INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION
R&D CHALLENGE (VIA)
Enables cross-sector partnerships
between industry associations or
consortia of companies and
academia to a address R&D
challenges
INDUSTRY – ACADEMIC
R & D COLLABORATION
Alberta-Ontario Innovation
Program
• Supports cross-provincial
collaborations between industry
and academia to solve key industry challenges in both
provinces
• Managed by Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures
(AITF) and OCE. Industry-academic projects can also
leverage existing NSERC programs
• Focuses on industry needs that can be tackled through
R&D and have economic benefits for both provinces
• Connects industry to researchers who can provide
innovative solutions to real-world challenges
Connected Vehicle/Autonomous
Vehicle Research Program (CVAV)
Partners Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Research
and Innovation and OCE
• Invests in innovative new transportation technologies to
make Ontario’s roads smarter, safer and more sustainable
while improving traffic flow
• Brings businesses and academic institutions together to
drive innovations in this rapidly moving area with a focus
on projects with high commercialization potential
• Includes research projects on products, services and
standards to reduce driver distraction; communications
management; data management; connected vehicle
technology and improving traffic operations and
management
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TALENTEDGE GAINING REALWORLD EXPERIENCE AND APPLYING
EXPERTISE TO INDUSTRY PROBLEMS
TalentEdge Internship Program
• College and university students and recent
graduates work on collaborative industry-driven
projects
TalentEdge Fellowship Program
• Ontario-based Postdoctoral Fellows (PDFs) /PhD
graduates work on industry-driven research and
development projects
EXPLORE PROGRAM
• Extends
CQDM’s Explore program beyond Quebec to the
scientific community in Ontario
• Builds on OCE’s existing partnership with CQDM and the
Quebec/Ontario Life Sciences Corridor
• Supports early-stage, unconventional and highly innovative
research with the potential to strongly impact the drug
discovery process.
• Gives priority to projects with strong potential for a
disruptive impact on biopharmaceutical research
COMMERCIALIZATION
MARKET READINESS
• Direct funds early-stage commercialization by start-up
companies.
• Supports the growth of start-ups into scalable businesses.
• Supports companies in both the Customer Creation and
Company Building stages of the Customer Development
Model, as defined by the Lean Start-up principles.
Market Readiness – Customer Creation
• Minimum $100,000 - Maximum $125,000
• 50% cash, 50% in-kind, OCE invests $125,000, partner
must match with a minimum of $62,500 in cash and $62,500
in-kind
Market Readiness – Company Building
• $250,000, 100% cash
• OCE invests $250,000, partner must match with a
minimum of $250,000 in cash
AdvancingHealth Program
• Bolsters innovation in Ontario’s public
healthcare sector by matching healthcare needs
with innovative products and services through
partnerships between public healthcare
organizations, companies and academic
institutions.
• Advances healthcare innovation directed to
improved health outcomes, enhanced patient
experience and efficient use of resources through
investments in collaborative demonstration
projects that show clear potential for scaling-up to
the system-level and establish a strong case for
adoption.
The overall objectives of the program are
to:
• Enable the public healthcare sector to accelerate
the adoption of emerging technologies and process
improvements
• Engage the public healthcare community to
demonstrate innovative products and services that
produce better patient care, patient outcomes,
patient safety and reduce costs
• Identifies and bridges barriers to realize
sustainable and long-term adoption of innovations/
technologies in the public healthcare sector
TRUSTED PARTNER
We have only one agenda:
Yours.
Innovation
Enabler
Capital
Enabler
Trusted Partner
Connector
CONTACTS
oce-ontario.org
Head Office*
156 Front Street West, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2L6
Phone: (416) 861 1092
Toll Free: 1 (866) 759 6014
Fax: (416) 971 7164
Mississauga Office
2655 North Sheridan Way, Suite 250
Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2P8
Phone: (905) 823 2020
Phone: (416) 861 1092
Fax: (905) 823 4141
Waterloo Office
295 Hagey Boulevard, Suite 12
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6R5
Phone: (416) 861 1092
Fax: (519) 885 5608
Markham Office
7271 Warden Avenue
Markham, Ontario L3R 5X5
Phone: (905) 248 2715
Fax: (905) 479 2055
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Ottawa Office
80 Aberdeen St., Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5R5
Phone: (613) 726 3420
Toll Free: 1 (866) 759 6014
London Office
UWO Research Park - Convergence Centre
999 Collip Circle, Box #9, Suite 101, Room 115
London, Ontario, N6G 0J3
Phone: (519) 495 9165
Fax: (519) 858 5197
Hamilton Office
McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Road South, Suite 110A
Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 0A1
Phone: (416) 861 1092
Windsor Office
AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4
Phone: (519) 253 3000 x 4183
THANK YOU
richard.worsfold@oce-ontario.org