NRC IRAP Support for Intellectual Property
Highlights
The NRC IRAP IP Assist program is designed specifically for innovative Canadian businesses like yours. This program offers comprehensive advisory services and funding to help you leverage your company's innovations and transform them into valuable assets. By participating, you can increase your IP awareness, develop a robust IP strategy, and execute the necessary actions to protect and commercialize your innovations.
Why Apply?
- Access to Expert Advisors: Gain insights from a network of IP experts and advisors.
- Tailored IP Strategy: Develop a customized IP strategy aligned with your business goals.
- Funding Support: Receive funding to implement your IP strategy effectively.
Benefits for Your Business
- Enhanced IP Awareness: Understand best practices and how to safeguard your innovations.
- Strategic Advantage: Prioritize IP actions and gain valuable insights into your technology and competitors.
- Financial Assistance: Support for executing prioritized IP actions, ensuring your innovations are well-protected and commercially viable.
Qualifying for this program is straightforward, and being approved can significantly boost your business's growth and competitive edge. Reach out to your industrial technology advisor or contact NRC IRAP to learn more about how IP Assist can benefit your business.
Financing Details
Type of Financing: Grant
Repayment Terms:
- No repayment required.
Eligible Expenses:
- Costs associated with developing an IP strategy.
- Fees for IP experts and advisors.
- Expenses for implementing IP actions, such as patent applications, trademark registrations, and IP legal services.
Use of Funds:
- Funds can be used to enhance IP awareness, develop IP strategies, and execute prioritized IP actions.
Restrictions:
- Funds cannot be used for unrelated business expenses, operational costs, or non-IP related activities.
Fees:
- No fees associated with applying for or receiving the grant.
Qualifications
- Must be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
- Must be an innovative Canadian company.
Must be a client of the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) or willing to become one.
Disqualifications:
- Inappropriate behaviour, aggression, harassment, or foul language towards NRC employees.
Description
The National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) offers a new service called IP Assist to help your business grow. IP Assist provides funding and expert advice to help you make the most of your innovations and protect them.
Here’s how it works:
- Awareness: You get access to advisors and resources to learn about intellectual property (IP) best practices. This helps you understand how to protect and leverage your innovations.
- Strategy: You can work with IP experts to develop a strategy that aligns with your business goals. They help you prioritize actions and provide insights into your technology and competitors.
- Action: You receive funding to carry out the actions in your IP strategy. This ensures your innovations are well-protected and can be turned into valuable assets.
The main benefit is that you get both financial support and expert guidance to safeguard your innovations and use them to achieve your commercial goals. This can give your business a competitive edge and help you grow more effectively.
Program Steps
Contact NRC IRAP: Reach out to your NRC IRAP industrial technology advisor to express your interest in the IP Assist program.
Schedule an Initial Consultation: Arrange a meeting with an NRC IRAP advisor to discuss your business needs and how the IP Assist program can support your goals.
Prepare Required Documentation: Gather the necessary documents for your application. This includes:
- Business registration details
- Financial statements
- Business plan
- Description of your innovations
- Current IP portfolio (if any)
- Any prior IP assessments or strategies
Develop an IP Strategy: Work with NRC IRAP advisors and IP experts to create a tailored IP strategy that aligns with your business objectives.
Submit Your Application: Complete and submit the application form for the IP Assist program, including all required documentation and your developed IP strategy.
Review and Feedback: NRC IRAP will review your application. Be prepared to provide additional information or clarification if requested.
Receive Approval and Funding: Once your application is approved, you will receive funding to implement the actions outlined in your IP strategy.
Implement Your IP Strategy: Use the provided funding to execute the prioritized actions in your IP strategy, with continued support from NRC IRAP advisors.
Monitor and Report Progress: Regularly update NRC IRAP on your progress and any outcomes achieved through the implementation of your IP strategy.
Seek Ongoing Support: Continue to leverage NRC IRAP resources and advisory services as needed to maximize the benefits of your IP strategy.