Request for Proposals: CABHI’s Fuel Program (Canada)

Canadian researchers and companies encounter barriers when accessing capital and value-added services to support research and development, product and service refinement, pivotal validation, and pilot trials. These barriers can erode market competitiveness and growth while also delaying novel ideas from solving the most complex problems faced by older persons.

Themes

• Core Innovation Themes
  • Aging at Home
  • Financial Health + Wellness (fintech theme)
  • Caregiver Support
  • Care Coordination + Navigation
  • Cognitive and Mental Health
  • Women’s Brain Health + FemTech
• Cross-Cutting Innovation Themes
  • Diversity, Accessibility + Health Equity
  • Promoting Social Inclusion + Preventing Stigma and Elder Abuse

Funding Streams

• CABHI’s Fuel program will accept applications in two funding streams:
  • Stream A: Start-Up Companies
  • Stream B: Researchers

Funding Information

• Start-Up Companies
  • Each participating company may receive funding of up to $500,000 CAD from CABHI to help selected companies achieve one or more research and development (R&D) or validation milestone(s) over a 12-month period. CABHI’s funding will be released in tranches aligned with the specific milestone(s).
• Researchers
  • Researchers can apply for up to $500,000 CAD in non-dilutive funding from CABHI. If selected, the funding will be administered throughout a 12-month period in alignment with the completion of mutually agreed-upon research and development (R&D) or validation milestones.

Eligibility Criteria

• Start-Up Companies
  • Company must be registered federally or provincially in Canada
  • Company must have a valuation and/or valuation cap greater than or equal to $4M CAD, or gross revenue greater than $500,000 CAD over the last 12 months (at the time of application)
  • Lead applicant must have signing authority for the company (generally the founder and/or CEO)
  • Company must own or have rights to the intellectual property related to the product/solution being funded, and have the right to exploit the intellectual property in the future
  • Researcher and/or Host Organization must own or have rights to the intellectual property related to the product/solution being funded, and have the right to exploit the intellectual property in the future
• Researchers
  • Applicant must be affiliated with an accredited Canadian academic institution (i.e., university or college), recognized research institution, or healthcare organization
  • Solution must be at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 or above
  • Researcher must focus on creating and validating intellectual property that is not assigned to or owned by a for-profit company, and the intellectual property must be owned by the researcher, the Host Organization, or a combination of the two (in accordance with the Host Organization’s technology transfer office intellectual property policies)
  • Applicant must be eligible to receive funding through their Host Organization
  • Company must own or have rights to the intellectual property related to the product/solution being funded, and have the right to exploit the intellectual property in the future
  • Researcher and/or Host Organization must own or have rights to the intellectual property related to the product/solution being funded, and have the right to exploit the intellectual property in the future

For more information, visit CABHI.