Internship ($25,000 CICan Career Launcher — Clean Tech Internship Program)
Development of nano-emulsions technology for the cannabinoids — student internship ($15,000 Mitacs Business Strategy Internship) – Canna Streams Solutions
Development of a plant-based production system — student internship ($15,000 Mitacs Accelerate — College Internship Program) – TerraPlant
Upcycling of Waste By-Products into Sustainable Cosmetic Products – 3 student internships ($45,000; Mitacs Indigenous Pathways Program) – Cheekbone Beauty Inc.
Development of a method of extraction for Ferula esters from Zallouh plant roots ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada CONNECT) -- Biomimetics
Development of an infused topical emulsion ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada CONNECT) -- Body Harmony
Determination of feasibility of selective extraction of terpenes from hops using steam method ($15,000, GreenCentre Canada CONNECT) -- Kimberlite
Development of a concentrated THC nano-emulsion using all-natural ingredients and surfectants ($15,000, GreenCentre Canada CONNECT) -- Token Naturals
2021
Commercially relevant natural products and strategies to ensure quality ($440,000 Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council Applied Research and Technology Partnership grant)
Process Optimization for Production of Cannabis Starter Plants from Tissue Culture ($75,000 Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) program) – Apollo Green
A heterologous system for the synthesis of biological molecules and cannabinoids ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada/IRAP GreenCentre CONNECT) – TerraPlant
Preparing Extracts from Plants and Fungi ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada/IRAP GreenCentre CONNECT) – Canna Stream Solutions
Validation of sterilization technology for the cannabis industry ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada/IRAP GreenCentre CONNECT) – Cold Plasma Group
Extraction technologies to increase and isolate the concentration of beneficial bioactive compounds found in certain functional mushrooms ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada/IRAP GreenCentre CONNECT) – MycoDynamix
Investigation of dispersal of non-polar chemicals in water ($15,000; GreenCentre Canada/IRAP GreenCentre CONNECT) – Vive Crop Protection
Internship ($25,000 CICan Career Launcher — Clean Tech Internship Program)
International Space Station Hemp Seed Germination - On Ground Proof of Concept -- 2 student internships ($30,000 Mitacs Accelerate – College Internship Program) – Royal Development Group Inc.
2020
Funding for 22 industry projects
Internship ($14,000 CICan Career Launcher — Clean Tech Internship Program)
Stability Testing for Cannabis Products – 2 student internships ($30,000 Mitacs Accelerate – College Internship Program) – MediPharm Labs
Application and optimization of molecular methods as an early predictor of cannabinoid content through the growing process of select cannabis cultivars in an industrial starter plant production – 2 student internships ($30,000 Mitacs Accelerate – College Internship Program) – ApolloGreen
Cannabis sector specific training program creation and development ($740,000 Ontario Ministry of Training Skills and Knowledge – Skills Advance Ontario)
2019
$150,000 College and Community Innovation Program – Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants (ARTI)
$1,320,000 Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) College Strategic Sector/Cluster/ Technology Platform (CSSCTP) Program – Stream 1 – Province Brands, VIVO, Exhale into Health, Entomo Farms, Signal Brewery, ApolloGreen
2018
$1,000,000 each from Canada Foundation for Innovation/Ontario Research Fund (CFI/ORF) College Industry Innovation Fund; Round 6, Stream 1
$1,750,000 over five years – renewable; NSERC – College and Community Innovation Program – Technology Access Centres Grant
Selected Applied Research Projects (prior to 2018)
Extended trials to determine the shelf-life and optimal storage conditions of protein alternative cricket powder ($3,600 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Engage Plus Program)
Develop Sound Criteria for Hop Processing and Packaging ($11,925 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Growing Forward II Program)
Development of a supercritical CO2 extract from Mahonia Aquifolium for use in treatment of psoriasis and eczema ($67,487 Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Program with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Engage)
Hops: a potential niche crop for Ontario ($267,110 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), New Directions Research Program)
Investigation of the Extraction of Caffeine from Spent Coffee Grounds for Product Development ($155,000 Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) Applied Research and Commercialization (ARC) Initiative)
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