Synergy Awards for Innovation

The Synergy Awards for Innovation honour partnerships of strong, complementary and collaborative teams who have generated new knowledge and accelerated the application of research results to create benefits for Canada and Canadians. The awards recognize outstanding teams that have combined their expertise and resources to create partnerships resulting in significant impacts.

Synergy Awards for Innovation include two categories:

• University partnerships: A partnership between one or more eligible Canadian universities and one or more non-academic partner organizations. The highlighted research partnership must focus on natural sciences or engineering.
• College partnerships: A partnership between one or more eligible Canadian colleges and one or more non-academic partner organizations. The highlighted research partnership can be across the spectrum of natural and social sciences, engineering, humanities or health.