National RFP Targets Business Incubators and Accelerators

UnknownThe National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to solicit applications for funding support from Canadian business incubators and accelerators.

Announced jointly by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Greg Rickford, Minister of State (Science and Technology, and Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario), the RFP is part of the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program, and represents the next step in implementing the federal government’s Venture Capital Action Plan.

More information on the announcement can be found here.