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Current Cleantech Grants Available (Q4 2022)

Current Cleantech Grants Available (Q4 2022)

As December comes closer, small businesses are busy preparing for the next calendar year. With the holiday season quickly approaching, what better way to celebrate the year-end than with some grants for your business! 

Whether you’re looking ahead to secure funding for next year, or you want to get some last-minute applications in before the New Year, the first step is knowing which grants are open. Rather than you taking the time to go through website after website, we’ve collected a list of cleantech grants open in the last quarter (October to December) of 2022. 

To qualify for cleantech grants, you must operate a cleantech business (shocking right?). Every program has its own definition of what a cleantech business is. Don’t fret if you don’t fit the mould to a tea, many grants define the green economy broadly. As long as your grant submission is in line with the program’s objectives, and you qualify for funding, you’re likely to get approved. If you’re ever in doubt, reach out to the program or your friendly neighbourhood Grant Consultants for clarification. 

Let’s dive in!

Hiring Grants Open in Q4 2022

  • Biotalent Student Work Placement Program (SWPP): offers wage subsidies to biotech and healthcare employers hiring students for a biotech-focussed role. 
    • Grant value: up to $7,000
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Eco Canada Co-op Funding (SWPP): provides salary subsidies to employers who hire co-op students for positions in the environmental field in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) or business. 
    • Grant value: up to $5,000
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Green Jobs – MiHR: helps fund youth placements at organizations in the minerals and mining sector with a focus on positive environmental outcomes. 
    • Grant value: up to $32,000
    • Region: all of Canada
  • UNAC – Canada Green Corps (STIP): provides subsidies to employers who hire youth in a natural resources position. *new applications will be on a waitlist
    • Grant value: up to $32,000
    • Region: all of Canada

Training Grants Open in Q4 2022

  • Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG): provides a subsidy to employers offering external training to their employees. 
    • Grant value: up to $15,000
    • Region: Alberta
  • Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG): offers training subsidies to businesses looking to invest in their workforce through developing business, technical, and soft skills for career development and maintenance training. 
    • Grant value: up to $15,000
    • Region: Ontario
  • Employer Training Grant (ETG): provides funding to employers to support skills training for current or new employees. 
    • Grant value: up to $10,000
    • Region: British Columbia
  • Workplace Innovation and Productivity Skills Incentive (WIPSI): supplements the cost of providing technical and incremental training to improve profitability, profitability, and cmmpetitiveness.
    • Grant value: up to $100,000
    • Region: Nova Scotia

Market Expansion Grants Open in Q4 2022

  • Indigenous Forestry Initiative: provides funding to support Indigenous-led economic development projects in the forestry sector. 
    • Grant value: up to $2MM
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Start-Up & Scale-Up: offers funding to start-up or scale-up companies with promising clean technology development and demonstration projects. 
    • Grant value: up to $4MM
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Strategic Innovation Fund: offers funds for large-scale projects that contribute to advancing innovation and promoting Canada’s long-term competitiveness. 
    • Grant value: up to $20MM
    • Region: all of Canada

Other Grants Open in Q4 2022

  • Clean Resources – Alberta Innovates: provides funding for projects that help technology developers and industry clients accelerate technology development and deployment. 
    • Grant value: up to $2MM
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Agricultural Clean Technology Program – Research and Innovation Stream: provides non-repayable and repayable funding to support R&D and demonstration of clean technology. 
    • Grant value: up to $2MM
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Jobs and Growth Fund (Loan): offers loans for projects that create jobs in the short term and foster a green and inclusive economy for long-term growth. 
    • Grant value: up to $10MM
    • Region: all of Canada
  • Alliance Grants: funds R&D projects that require collaboration between university researchers and private/public sector or non-profit organizations. 
    • Grant value: up to $1MM
    • Region: all of Canada
  • CleanBC Commercial Vehicle Pilots Program (CVP): supports businesses looking to deploy commercial zero-emission vehicles. 
    • Grant value: project-dependent
    • Region: British Columbia
  • Innovation Rebate Program: provides funding to help companies scale, innovate, and increase their competitiveness. 
    • Grant value: up to $3.75MM
    • Region: Nova Scotia

Before you dive into applying for these grants, it’s important to pay attention to the start dates. For example, some hiring grants are open for new hires that started prior to November, while others are open now for new hires that start in February. Just because it’s open now does not mean you’ll get the funding this quarter, so be on the lookout for start dates that suit your needs as you search. 
If you need assistance with your grant applications, our Grant Angels are here to help! We have specialized Grant Consultants that know the ins and outs of the cleantech grant landscape so you can maximize your funding potential. Head over to our Grant Calculator to see how much grant funding your business could get.

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