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;
- Toronto Metropolitan 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