THECIS is funded on a project basis by a variety of organizations.  Since 2001 the following have provided financial support through contracts or grants:

 

Federal Government Departments and Agencies

  • Western Economic Diversification Canada;
  • ACOA  (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency);
  • Industry Canada – Ottawa;
  • Industry Canada – Saskatoon office;
  • Office of the National Science Advisor [ONSA];
  • ISED (Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada;
  • Canadian Biotechnology Secretariat;
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
  • Standards Council of Canada;
  • National Institute of Nanotechnology [NINT];
  • National Research Council –Industrial Research Assistance Program [NRC-IRAP];
  • Federal Partners in Technology Transfer [FPTT];
  • Business Development Bank of Canada; National Science and Engineering Research Council – Prairies Region;
  • International Development Research Centre [IDRC]
  • Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

 

Provincial Government Departments and Agencies

  • Alberta Economic Development;
  • Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures;
  • Alberta Finance and Enterprise;
  • nanoAlberta;
  • Alberta Status of Women
  • Alberta Innovation and Science;
  • Advanced Education and Technology;
  • Alberta Sustainable Resource Development;
  • Informatics Circle of Research Excellence [iCORE];
  • Alberta Agricultural Research Institute; Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions;
  • Alberta Energy Research Institute;
  • Alberta Research Council;
  • Alberta Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Development [AAFRD];
  • British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education;
  • Saskatchewan Industry and Resources;
  • Enterprise Saskatchewan;
  • Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines;
  • Government of Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Government of Ontario;
  • Ontario Centres of Excellence
  • Innovation Saskatchewan
  • Government of the Northwest Territories

 

Foundations

  • International Health Business Opportunities Conference Foundation
  • Alberta Ingenuity Fund;
  • Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research [AHFMR]
  • Canadian Youth Business Foundation [CYBF];
  • Futurpreneur Canada

 

Other Funders

  • Calgary Technologies Inc.;
  • University of Calgary;
  • Ryerson University
  • TEC Edmonton;
  • The Evidence Network;
  • University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension
  • AVAC Ltd.   Alberta Chamber of Resources;
  • Genome Prairie; Genome Alberta;
  • CMC Microsystems;
  • Pfizer Inc., Nexen Inc.;
  • Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.;
  • Ernst and Young LLP;
  • Alberta Treasury Branches;
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta
  • Certified Management Accountants of Alberta;
  • Calgary Regional Technology Commercialization Advisory Committee [CRTCAC]
  • APEGGA Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta;
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta
  • University of Manitoba, Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship