Niagara College's Research & Innovation division is set to offer small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) a way to advance their products, improve their performance, or take an innovative leap forward, through the College Voucher for Technology Adoption (CVTA) program. CVTA is delivered by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) in partnership with Colleges Ontario.
Thanks to a $210,000 grant, the College will provide vouchers to 25 companies to help solve their innovation challenges related to technology adoption, in the sectors of advanced manufacturing, food and beverage, and agriculture environmental technologies.
Businesses will work with expert faculty, students and researchers from Niagara College's three Innovation Centres - including the Agriculture & Environmental Technologies Innovation Centre, Canadian Food and Wine Institute (CFWI) Innovation Centre, and Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre - to access resources to address technology and innovation challenges. As a result of this opportunity, industry partners will acquire new prototypes, products, processes, and test results that validate their products and services, bringing them closer to market. Companies accessing these resources at Niagara College will be required to match OCE funds, at least 1:1, with a combination of cash and in-kind.
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