Precarn Announces $2.1 Million R&D Funding Boost for Environmental and Manufacturing Innovation

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Today Precarn announced a $2.1 million funding boost to promote the research and development (R&D) efforts of the Canadian companies applying intelligent systems to solve commercial problems in the environment and manufacturing sectors.

This Request for Proposals is seeking project proposals for the development or implementation of intelligent systems technologies especially in areas related to environmental technologies (clean-tech), and manufacturing, especially automotive parts. Up to $700,000 is available per project.

With a focus on the introduction and advancement of innovative made-in-Canada solutions, the initiative aims to fund commercially viable projects that address the challenges of the Canadian environmental technology and manufacturing industries.

The deadline for submissions for concept documents is May 9, 2008, and for final proposals June 27, 2008.

For more information about this new initiative, call Derek Best at (613) 727-9507 or email best@precarn.ca.

>>download the press release

>>Download the RFP

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Derek Best
Director, Research Programs, Precarn Incorporated

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