Canadian clean technologies mission to Singapore – May 6 to 10, 2024

1. Mission objective

This mission is focused on connecting Canadian SMEs to Indo-Pacific and Singapore corporations looking for innovative cleantech solutions, and helping Canadian SMEs build partnerships and develop potential future technology piloting and demonstration projects. Technology piloting and demonstrations are critical in enabling SMEs to validate and adapt their technologies to the real-world market conditions, and will be pivotal for SMEs to break market-entry barriers in Indo-Pacific economies, improve bankability and accelerate commercialization in the global marketplace.

2. Key dates

• Deadline to register: March 15, 2024
• Deadline to submit expression of interest: March 21, 2024
• Notification of results: April 5, 2024

3. Sectors of focus

Clean technologies with focus on greenhouse gases (GHG) reduction, including:

• Decarbonization: carbon capture, utilization and storage
• Clean Energy: solar, wind, hydro, hydrogen, fuel cells, batteries, electricity storage, biomass, etc.
• Efficiency: energy use optimization, sustainable mobility, smart grid, energy efficient equipment and appliances
• Environmental protection: air and climate, soil, solid waste, water treatment, waste reduction, recycling materials and circular economy

4. Canadian delegation profile

Canadian SME participants must:

• be an incorporated, profit‑oriented small or medium‑sized business in Canada
• have 500 or fewer full‑time equivalent employees
• pursue growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada
• have a differentiated and protectable technology (TRL7+) that could become competitive in global markets
• be committed and have sufficient working capital and resources to undertake market expansion in the Indo Pacific Region

Preference may be given to SME applicants who:

• have a minimum of 10 full‑time equivalent employees
• have commercialized 1 or more products domestically or internationally
• have greater than $500,000 CAD in annual revenue

Note: Canadian SME applicants must be eligible for funding as NRC IRAP clients before they can be considered for funding through this partnering mission. For more information on NRC IRAP eligibility and becoming an NRC IRAP client, please contact NRC IRAP by calling 1-877-994-4727.

Large Canadian companies must also register for this opportunity in order to be considered as part of the Canadian delegation.

5. Cleantech Forum Asia

Cleantech Forum Asia is one of the 3 annual signature events (Asia, North America, Europe) organized by the Cleantech Group, a leading cleantech research group. The cleantech forums attract large contingents of corporate end users, investors and leading innovative cleantech solution providers from around the world.

The main event at the 2024 Cleantech Forum Asia is Power Matching, a series of 1-on-1 meetings between SMEs and large corporates (end users and investors) operating in the Indo-pacific region. Meetings will be pre-arranged based on online profiles that will be uploaded by SMEs.

6. Financial support

Project funding through the NRC IRAP will only be available to eligible Canadian SMEs. Large Canadian companies will need to secure funding from other sources or self-fund.

Canadian SMEs selected by NRC IRAP for participation will be invited to apply for up to $5,000 reimbursement of 75% of travel and accommodations costs associated with the mission. Selected participants will be sent instructions and information about this support.

7. Contact

For more information, contact the NRC IRAP International Office by email at irap.international.pari@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca or Neil Liu, NRC IRAP Program Coordinator by email at neil.liu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.

8. How to apply

Interested Canadian applicants must register using the register button at the bottom of this page.

An expression of interest form will be provided to potentially eligible applicants. The expression of interest application form will request additional information about the applicant, organization and technology.

9. Registration

Canadian SME participants must be NRC IRAP clients. If not already an NRC IRAP client, Canadian SMEs must call 1-877-994-4727 to determine if they might be eligible for support through NRC IRAP.

To begin the application process, interested Canadian participants must first register online to receive an expression of interest form by clicking the register button.

If there is no register button visible below this line, it means that registration for this partnering mission has closed. Please contact the NRC IRAP International Office by email at irap.international.pari@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca for more information.