Ignite

The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation’s (CABHI) Ignite program offers $50,000 to $150,000 in funding, along with acceleration services, to drive early-stage innovations.

Early-stage innovators have limited access to funding, face high development costs, and encounter challenges with validating their solutions in real-world settings. These challenges can stall innovation progress and prevent promising ideas from achieving real-world impact.The Ignite program is designed to target these challenges by offering early-stage Canadian innovators a range of $50,000 to $150,000 CAD in funding and additional supports to help develop, test, and validate their solutions.

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Key Benefits

Access non-dilutive funding in the range of $50,000 to $150,000 CAD

If selected, the funding will be administered throughout the project in alignment with the completion of mutually agreed-upon milestones

Funds can be used towards a range of activities including:

  • Technological research and development activities

  • Concept and prototype development

  • Testing and simulation activities

  • Validation trials

In addition to funding, successful applicants will gain access to CABHI’s Acceleration Services:

Acceleration Services include learning and networking opportunities through the Ignite Learning Series, which features subject matter experts from various industries.

Applicant Eligibility

For Companies/Ventures:

• The company/venture must be incorporated in Canada, either federally or provincially.
• The company/venture must have a valuation and/or valuation cap of less than $4 million CAD at the time of application.
• The lead applicant must have signing authority for the company/venture (generally the founder and/or CEO).

For Healthcare/Research Organizations:

• The applicant must be affiliated with an accredited Canadian academic institution (e.g., university, college) or a recognized research or healthcare organization (e.g., hospital, research institute).
• The applicant must hold a position as a faculty member, postdoctoral fellow, point-of-care worker (e.g., physician, nurse, PSW, clinical manager), or research scientist at the affiliated institution or organization.