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Collaborative Commercialization: Collaborative Research

From Idea to Income

Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Collaborative Research program spurs innovation by promoting research partnerships between Ontario's industry and academia. These long term collaborations, lasting from one to three years, develop commercially viable technologies while providing training opportunities for students, post doctoral fellows and other highly qualified personnel.

What is Collaborative Research?

OCE's Collaborative Research program helps to foster an innovative research partnership between Ontario industry and academia. Typically lasting between one and three years, a collaborative project helps to develop a commercially-viable technology that can result in new revenues and high-value jobs Ontario.

In addition, the Collaborative Research program also facilitates the cooperation necessary for solving tough industry problems, while advancing innovative technologies critical in building and sustaining Ontario's innovation economy.

The program also greatly benefits students, post-doctoral fellows and other highly qualified personnel by providing real-world training opportunities where they can advance their skills and expertise.

To download or print a PDF backgrounder on Collaborative Research,
click here.

Eligibility and Application Process

To learn more about Collaborative Research contact:

John MacRitchie
Director, Business Development
Email: john.macritchie@oce-ontario.org
Tel: (416) 861-1092 x 1038
1-866-759-6014 x 1038

Partners

Each year, Ontario companies benefit from OCE's Collaborative Research program. Listed below is a sample of industry partners that participated in Collaborative Research over the past year.

Greater Toronto Area

Andec Manufacturing Ltd. (Toronto)

Attodyne Inc. (Toronto)

Bell Canada (Toronto)

Biosign Technologies Inc. (Toronto)

Broadband Wizard Inc. (Toronto)

Celestica (Toronto)

Certo Labs Inc. (Toronto)

Hydro One (Toronto)

Idee Inc. (Toronto)

Imperial Oil Limited (Toronto)

Ontario Power Authority (Toronto)

Ontario Power Generation (Toronto)

Peat Resource Ltd. (Toronto)

Rimon Therapeutics (Toronto)

TELUS (Toronto)

Theralase Inc. (Toronto)

Zero Waste Energy Systems Inc. (Toronto)

Canadian National Railway Company (Toronto)

Custom Contact Lenses (Scarborough)

Greater Toronto Airports Authority (Mississauga)

Insception Biosciences Inc. (Mississauga)

LUNARIS Inc. (Mississauga)

Xerox Canada Ltd. (Mississauga)

Drystill Holdings Inc. (Mississauga)

Environmental Geosolutions Inc. (Oakville)

Petro-Canada (Oakville)

Walsh Medical Devices Inc. (Oakville)

GeoDigital International Inc. (Burlington)

Canadian Solar Inc. (Markham)

IBM Canada (Markham)

Quanser Consulting Inc. (Markham)

Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. (Milton)

Messier-Dowty Inc. (Ajax)

General Motors Canada (Oshawa)

SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (Brampton)

Therma Vault Systems Inc. (Brampton)

Gerdau Ameristeel Whitby (Whitby)

Spectral Applied Research Inc. (Richmond Hill)

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (North York)

Southwestern & Central Ontario

3M (London)

Modus Medical Devices Inc. (London)

TransForm Automotive (London)

Arcelor-Mittal-Dofasco (Hamilton)

Centurion Biofuels Corp. (Hamilton)

Dofasco Inc. (Hamilton)

Stelco Inc. (Hamilton)

Cleanfield Energy Corp. (Ancaster)

Canadian Bio-Pellet Inc. (Kitchener)

Eco-Shift Power (Kitchener)

ARISE Technologies Corporation (Waterloo)

Energent Incorporated (Waterloo)

EnviroMetal Technologies Inc. (Waterloo)

Research In Motion (RIM) (Waterloo)

Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (Waterloo)

Prodyne Technologies Inc. (St. Catharines)

Colville Consulting Inc. (St. Catharines)

Agri-Food Laboratories (Guelph)

Air Quality Solutions Ltd. (Guelph)

Hybrid Energy Inc. (Guelph)

CanDetec Inc. (Campbellville)

Union Gas (Chatham)

DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc. (Windsor)

Ford Canada (Windsor)

Tool-Tec Welding Inc. (Windsor)

Marzo Glove Company Ltd. (Rockwood)

Dow Chemical Canada (Sarnia)

Oneway Manufacturing Inc. (Stratford)

Walker Industries Holdings Ltd. (Thorold)

Enerworks (Dorchester)

Nextreme Thermal Solutions Ltd. (Durham)

Mold-Masters Ltd. (Georgetown)

Miller Cement (Gormley)

Aqua Treatment Technologies (Grimsby)

Gro-Bark Ltd. (Hornby)

Bruce Power (Tiverton)

Eastern & Northern Ontario

Advanced Engine Technology Ltd. (Ottawa)

Cistel Technology Inc. (Ottawa)

Distil Interactive Ltd. (Ottawa)

Ecovu Analytics (Ottawa)

EION Inc. (Ottawa)

eSight (Ottawa)

Frontline Robotics Inc. (Ottawa)

Menova Energy Inc. (Ottawa)

National Research Council (Ottawa)

Nortel (Ottawa)

Ottawa Health Research Institute (Ottawa)

PacketDNA Inc. (Ottawa)

Genopod Inc. (Peterborough)

Rosstech (Orillia)

Canadian Forest Service (Sault Ste Marie)

Delta Energy Co. Ltd. (Thunder Bay)

KBM Forestry Consultants (Thunder Bay)

MetalCORP Limited (Thunder Bay)

Kenora Biofuels Inc. (Kenora)

Supporting Research: Collaborative Research

HOW DO STUDENTS BENEFIT?

  • Gain real-world experience
  • Connect with established companies
  • Use your knowledge and fresh ideas to solve industry problems

HOW DOES INDUSTRY BENEFIT?

  • Access to new talent and established academic researchers
  • Marketable solutions to current industry challenges
  • Affordable short-term skilled labor
  • Company and brand exposure

HOW DOES ACADEMIA BENEFIT?

  • Exciting research challenges
  • Establish relationship with industry

HOW DOES THE FUNDING WORK?

OCE's investment is determined by the support and commitment from the partners. Typically, collaborative projects involve an annual OCE investment between $150,000 and $200,000. Funding flows directly to the academic research institution. Industry partners make a cash and in-kind contribution that matches or exceeds that of OCE.
 
"It is very difficult for smaller companies like us to find the right technology research partners. We would never have been able to tap into them if OCE had not directed us."
Anand Srinivasan,
Vice President,
EION Inc.
 
"You can't design a device. You design a process. At one point there is a widget that you sell, but you have to design every part that leads up to that. You have to know where it’s going to go or you end up being hit by hidden points of failure."
Nicolas Morgan,
Director of Business Development,
Morgan Solar
 
"As a small company, we can't sustain a research group and are often unaware of cutting-edge tools that can make our products more competitive. The research leverage that our OCE-funded collaboration provides is invaluable in keeping abreast of the latest developments."
Leila Boujnane,
Founder and CEO,
Idée Inc.
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