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network of stakeholders and partners to build the capacity of Canadian clean-technology
entrepreneurs, helping them form strategic relationships, formalize their business plans,
and build a critical mass of sustainable development capability in Canada. SDTC draws
from an investment fund of $550 million to finance approved projects.
Funding Guide for International Science and Technology Cooperation (FGISTC):
The Funding Guide for International Science and Technology Cooperation (FGISTC) is
run by the Government of Canada and is a database of various programs and incentives
that promote scientific and technological R&D. With increasing globalization and
international opportunities for research, the process of identifying potential sources of
funding for a project can be a time consuming exercise. In an attempt to mitigate this
problem, the FGISTC is designed to encourage, facilitate, and promote basic and applied
research by Canadian researchers and scientists through the provision of a simple,
thorough, one-stop guide outlining the various support mechanisms for Canadian R&D.
The Guide is divided into three sections: Grants and Bursaries; Post-doctoral fellowships;
and Major international prizes. The grants and bursaries can be accessed directly by
research scientists, and indirectly, such as by project partners or university applicants.
This section is the one which supports green building R&D to the greatest extent, because
like many other federal government initiatives, it provides financial support for emerging
technologies that have the potential to revolutionize not only the green building
movement, but the entire sustainability initiative as well.
Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) programs (PERD, T&I R&D, CES,
BET):
The Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) is an initiative by NRCan
which manages and funds two main energy R&D programs, the Program of Energy
Research and Development (PERD) and the Technology and Innovation Research and
Development (T&I R&D) Initiative. The Program of Energy Research and Development
(PERD) funds research and development designed to ensure a sustainable energy future
for Canada in the best interests of both our economy and our environment. It directly
supports energy R&D conducted in Canada by the federal and provincial governments,
and is concerned with all aspects of energy supply and use. PERD currently funds 26
energy R&D programs. Please visit
http://www2.nrcan.gc.ca/ES/OERD/english/View.asp?x=1318 for a complete list of
PERD-funded programs. The Technology and Innovation Research and Development
(T&I R&D) Initiative was established in 2003 to advance promising greenhouse gas
(GHG) technologies through R&D. The T&I R&D budget is $115 million over five years.
The OERD provides T&I R&D funds directly to partner departments and agencies, which
then team up with provinces, the private sector and/or universities. To achieve significant
GHG reductions in the near term, T&I R&D aims to ensure that clean technology options
which provide incremental advances are brought into the energy economy as quickly as
possible, e.g. vehicles with reduced fuel consumption, energy-efficient buildings. In the
medium to longer term, bridging technologies will pave the way for the transition to a
low-emission energy future but will need financial support for bringing them to the
market-ready stage, e.g. hybrid vehicles, technologies to access unconventional oil and
gas supplies. Transformative or “next generation” technologies will eventually take us
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