Dalhousie program and Springboard partner Lab2Market, Canada’s national network for innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship skills training, has been awarded $32 million in funding from the Government of Canada.

A $95 million-dollar investment in the Lab2Market program will focus on building a culture of innovation at post-secondary institutions across Canada. UM will be part of four innovation hubs, led by Red River College Polytechnic, University of Guelph, Simon Fraser University and Dalhousie University. The networks will provide tools and support to foster the development of entrepreneurship skills and commercialization capacity.

Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) is proud to announce its participation in two major national research commercialization initiatives, totalling over $56 million in funding, that will enhance innovation and entrepreneurship across Canada.

The University of Toronto and its partners are receiving $4.25 million over the next five years to establish a national hub aimed at accelerating the commercialization of life sciences discoveries.

RRC Polytech has been chosen to lead a national network of post-secondary institutions and collaborative partners to bring more academic research ideas to reality, support Indigenous business and drive economic growth.

The University of Alberta is a key partner in four national networks receiving more than $95 million in new federal funding to help usher innovative ideas and inventions from universities and colleges across Canada to the marketplace.

Dalhousie University’s national leadership in creating programs that empower students and researchers to turn ideas into enterprises has been rewarded with a $32 million grant from the Government of Canada through the Lab to Market grants program.

The University of Guelph is getting nearly $16.3 million in funding to build Canada’s first ever national agri-food innovation and entrepreneurship training platform. 

Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) is proud to announce its participation in two major national research commercialization initiatives, totalling over $56 million in funding, that will enhance innovation and entrepreneurship across Canada.

Northwestern Polytechnic has announced its participation in two “major” national research commercialization initiatives, totaling more than $56 million in funding that will enhance innovation and entrepreneurship across the country.

The University of Toronto and its partners are receiving $4.25 million over the next five years to establish a national hub aimed at accelerating the commercialization of life sciences discoveries.

The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development announced funding to establish the National Invention to Innovation (i2I) Network, expanding the award-winning Invention to Innovation program founded at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in 2015.

Lab2MarketMC a le plaisir d’annoncer que le gouvernement du Canada lui octroie un financement de plus de 32 millions de dollars au cours des cinq prochaines années sous forme de subventions Du laboratoire au marché, lesquelles sont administrées par le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG) en collaboration avec les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) et le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH). 

Lab2Market™ is pleased to announce it has been awarded more than $32 million over the next five years from the Government of Canada through the Lab to Market grants, administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Canadian researchers make discoveries with extraordinary potential. With the right tools and support, these ideas can become the next great innovations across all sectors of the economy and society.

On Oct. 30 to 31, 2024, the Lab2Market Summit brought together more than 500 scientists, academics, entrepreneurs, companies and investors for keynote speeches, breakout discussions and a pitch competition. Lab2Market is a suite of programs that aims to foster innovation and commercial success in Canada by helping researchers realize and actualize the market potential of their ideas.

Article from the Globe and Mail - Jeff Larsen. Larsen is helping develop a national network of programs called Lab2Market, which provides training in innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship to students as well as postdoctoral and faculty researchers.

Eighteen grad students will explore the market potential of their inventions as a step towards turning them into useful products that meet customer needs. The Lab2Market Validate program allows graduate student and postdoctoral innovators to assess the commercial potential of their technology and determine the appropriate path forward — a first step to bridge the gap between coming up with a great idea and having a product that’s ready to sell.

Dalhousie University and national research commercialization accelerator Lab2Market have announced the 17 teams participating in their latest Launch accelerator for researchers looking to commercialize their work, as well as a new summer entrepreneurial program dubbed Collide Launch.

Dalhousie University and Lab2Market proudly welcome 17 ambitious entrepreneurial teams to the Atlantic Lab2Market Launch and Collide Launch summer entrepreneurship program. The 2024 teams, comprising 35 students and recent graduates from eight post-secondary institutions, will form, build, and grow their ventures over the next 12 weeks.