SolXplus: Supporting Your R&D Funding with the CIIP Program

The Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) is designed to help Canadian companies engage in international research and development (R&D) collaborations with foreign partners. These partnerships focus on projects that hold strong potential for commercialization.

SolXplus can assist you in finding R&D partnerships in the following countries:
• Brazil
• China
• India
• Israel
• South Korea
• Taiwan

CIIP is a funding initiative provided by the Trade Commissioner Service, delivered in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). It supports Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in fostering international R&D partnerships in the aforementioned countries.

Types of R&D Projects Supported by CIIP:

• Technology Adaptation
For projects that adapt already commercialized products to new markets—whether international or domestic.
• Technology Validation
For projects involving new products that are not yet commercialized and require both technical and business validation by potential early adopters.
• Technology Co-Development
For projects that involve the co-creation of a new product, service, or process where the commercialization path is uncertain.

Who Can Apply?

This program is open to Canadian companies that meet the following criteria:
• Incorporated, profit-oriented SMEs with up to 500 full-time employees.
• Ready to collaborate with a foreign partner in one of the specified countries.
• Seeking to commercialize new or improved products, services, or processes.
• Have sufficient resources to make a strong push into new markets.
• Possess world-class, distinguishable, and protectable technology that may already be commercialized in Canada.

What Is Funded?

• Up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $600,000 for approved R&D projects.
Eligible expenses include:
o Salary costs
o Contractors’ fees
o Reasonable travel costs