New Funding Opportunity: Industry Challenge 2020 Program Open Call

How to Apply: 

Ontario Genomics is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Industry Challenge 2020 Program: Healthy Lives, Healthy Economy, Healthy Planet through Genomics. This program will provide teams with funding for novel and innovative projects to solve pressing challenges and address industry opportunities through the application of genomics-based solutions across key sectors of the Ontario economy with the intent to drive economic growth, improve quality of life and Ontario’s global leadership.

Ontario Genomics is issuing an “Open Call for Challenges” for genomics and engineering biology innovators to solve industry and other end-user identified challenges within and across agriculture and agri-foodhuman health, industrial biotechnology and natural resources and the environment in one or more of the five areas identified below.

  • Sustainable Food and Biomaterials Production
  • Rapid Genomic Diagnostics in Healthcare, Food Safety & Agriculture, and the Environment
  • Biomanufacturing and Scale Up from the Lab to the Factory
  • Roadmaps for Reducing Red Tape, Regulatory Burden or other Barriers
  • New Paradigms for Rare Disease Treatment

The Industry Challenge 2020 Program intends to catalyze and support collaboration in the application of genomics and engineering biology solutions to solve challenges identified by industry. This “industry-pull” approach is designed to enable market-informed outcomes and maximize the impact of these projects. This program is open to creative partnerships and collaborative teams (e.g. teams comprising industry, industry-academia, industry—industry, industry-other) that are in the position to address the identified challenge or opportunity and implement the results from the project.

Please visit our program page for more details about the process and funding information.

Potential applicants must contact Elaine CorbettDirector, Sector Innovations & Programs at ecorbett@ontariogenomics.ca to discuss their project idea. Ontario Genomics will help determine eligibility, positioning of the project and will provide an invitation to apply for eligible applicants.

Please note applications are due to Ontario Genomics no later than 9.00 am on Monday, March 9, 2020. The top-ranked applications will be invited to pitch their proposal for funding. For further information and detailed timeline, please visit our program page.

External Deadline: 
Monday, March 9, 2020
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research