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Centres of Excellence
 
Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology  
 
Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology  
    Invests to foster innovation in communications and IT.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental
Technologies
 
 
Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies  
    Invests to drive commercially viable outcomes contributing to clean air, water, land, and smart infrastructures.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Energy  
 
Centre of Excellence for Energy  
    Invests to foster innovation in energy markets, systems and technologies.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing  
 
Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing
 
    Invests in research partnerships that increase competitiveness and productivity.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Photonics  
 
Centre of Excellence for Photonics
 
    Supports the creation of new photonics knowledge and technology.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Commercialization of Research  
 
Centre of Excellence for Commercialization of Research  
    The initial focus of the Centre will be on commercializing new technology discoveries related to the environment, natural resources and energy; health and related life sciences; and digital media.  

Supporting Research: 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.

Eligibility and Application Process

To learn more about Collaborative Research call 1-866-759-6014.

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

Partners

Each year, Ontario companies benefit from OCE's Collaborative Research program. Listed below is a sample of industry and academic 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 Generation (Toronto)

Peat Resource Ltd. (Toronto)

Peraso Technologies Inc. (Toronto)

Rimon Therapeutics (Toronto)

TELUS (Toronto)

Theralase Inc. (Toronto)

Zero Waste Energy Systems Inc. (Toronto)

Canadian National Railway Company (Toronto)

Custom Contact Lenses, (Scarborough)

Electrovaya (Mississauga)

Insception Biosciences Inc (Mississauga)

LUNARIS Inc. (Mississauga)

Nuvo Research 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)

Metex Heat Treating Ltd. (Brampton)

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. Catherines)

Agri-Food Laboratories (Guelph)

Air Quality Solutions Ltd. (Guelph)

Hybrid Energy Inc. (Guelph)

CanDetec Inc. (Campbellville)

Polymer Technologies Inc. (Cambridge)

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)

Blue-Zone Technologies Ltd. (Concord)

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)

GasTOPS Ltd. (Ottawa)

Menova Energy Inc. (Ottawa)

Nortel (Ottawa)

Ottawa Health Research Institute (Ottawa)

PacketDNA Inc. (Ottawa)

Telewatch (Ottawa)

Transport Canada (Ottawa)

Aqua Terre Solutions Inc. (Nepean)

Mitel Corporation (Kanata)

OneChip Photonics Inc. (Kanata)

Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (Kanata)

Anchor Concrete Products (Kingston)

Octane Biotech Inc. (Kingston)

Pathogen Detection Systems (Kingston)

Transformix Engineering Inc. (Kingston)

Genopod Inc. (Peterborough)

Rosstech (Orillia)

Algonquin Forest Authority (Huntsville)

Elastovalve Rubber Products Inc. (Sudbury)

Hardrock Mining Products Ltd. (Sudbury)

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)

Eligible Universities and Colleges

Universities

Algoma University

Brock University

Carleton University

Dominican University College

Lakehead University

Laurentian University

McMaster University

Nipissing University

Ontario College of Art and Design

Queen's University

Royal Military College

Ryerson University

Trent University

University of Guelph

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

University of Ottawa

University of Toronto

University of Waterloo

University of Western Ontario

University of Windsor

Wilfrid Laurier University

York University

Colleges

Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology

Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology

Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology

Centennial College

Collège Boréal

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Conestoga College Institute of Technology

Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology

Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology

Fleming College

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology

Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology

Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

La Cité collégiale

Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology

Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology

Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology

Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology

St.Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology

St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology

Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

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 labour
  • 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 of $50,000 and in some circumstances as much as $200,000 per year. 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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