Call for Canadian participants in bioeconomy R&D partnership mission to Germany

In Canada, Global Affairs Canada, through the Embassy of Canada in Berlin and in collaboration with the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), is pleased to receive your application to participate in the ‘Canadian Bioeconomy Cooperative R&D Partnering Mission to Germany’, which will take place from 2-6 March, 2020.

Note that interested companies must apply no later than December 20, 2019.

The bioeconomy sector is a key priority in both Canada and Germany. This mission will focus on introducing Canadian companies that have strong R&D expertise and capacity in this sector to potential leading German partners for the purpose of R&D collaboration. The mission will focus on establishing industrial R&D collaborative opportunities (specifically to technology validation, adaptation and co-development projects) between Canadian and German companies.

Canadian participants should meet the requirements below in order to benefit from this initiative:

Profit-oriented small and medium size enterprise incorporated in Canada;

Previous experience in commercializing technology for domestic or international markets;

Capacity and interest to co-develop technology with German partners;

Committed to expansion to the German and European market; and,

Sufficient working capital and human resources to undertake a multi-year R&D collaboration and commercialize results.