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Overview

Innovation Information Forum June 1, 2011 Bill Dobson

Director, IRAP Ontario

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NRC’S NEW STRATEGY

•  Our vision: To be the most effective Research and Technology Organization (RTO) in the world, stimulating sustainable domestic prosperity

•  Our role as an RTO: Market-driven organization whose primary job is to develop and deploy technology

•  Our mission: Working with clients and partners, we provide strategic research, scientific and technical services to develop and deploy solutions to meet Canada's current and future industrial and societal needs.

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Our business lines: Strategic R & D

•  NRC helps industry and government address strategic national priorities through mission‐oriented research and technology development (including frontier science)

•  Is an ROI based agenda – invest to achieve a defined outcome within a specified time frame

•  Flagship programs are one part – national in scale; show casing NRC’s unique value proposition to deliver high impacts for Canada

•  Other programs also support what matters to the country now and into the future (natural resources, environment, health costs, security, community infrastructure, and industry competitiveness. )

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Our business lines: Scientific Infrastructure

•  NRC helps clients effectively utilize specialized scientific infrastructure

  Includes managing the country’s large‐scale research infrastructure by leveraging our national perspective, international linkages and track record of providing facility access to user communities

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Our business lines: Technical Services

•  NRC helps clients solve immediate problems associated with the transfer, adoption and diffusion of technology by offering such services as testing, certification, calibration, prototyping, demonstration, scale‐up and consulting

•  Shorter term focus on client needs based largely on fee-for-service

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Our business lines: IRAP

•  NRC helps support the innovation activities – and helps build the innovation capacity – of Canadian small and medium‐enterprise (SME) clients by providing them with advisory services and financial support

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What do we provide SMEs*?

•  Customized technical and business advisory services

•  Networking and linkages to other SME focused organizations, potential partners and investors

•  Financial support

Medicago, Québec, QC

* small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – Firms with up to 500 employees

9 Sorcimed Biopharma Inc., Sackville, NB

What sort of financial support do we give?

•  Financial contributions to firms to develop technologies, both domestically and globally

•  Financial contributions to innovation collaborators for SME-targeted programs

•  Financial assistance to hire new graduates – Youth Employment Program (YEP)

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The Support Process

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Field Staff of the Program The ITA* Advantage

Experience •  256 field staff •  75% have Masters

or PhD •  80% have specialized

industrial experience •  45% have run their

own R&D facility •  65% have some

experience in working at other federal government labs or departments

•  34% have been entrepreneurs

Outreach •  Field staff are located

in 147 offices / 100 communities

•  Each work with 42 clients per year

•  11 of their clients will receive funding from NRC-IRAP

•  Typically make 105 client site visits a year

*Industrial Technology Advisor - ITA

Services •  R&D project advice •  Competitive

Technical Intelligence •  Networking and linkages •  Funding opportunities &

programs

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LEGEND

NRC-IRAP Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA)

NRC-IRAP Regional Office

NRC Institute

NRC Cluster

Where do we support clients?

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Budget Breakdown (FY 2010/11)

Direct  support  to  clients  -­‐  $  264.2  M  FY 10/11 Budget $ 283.7 M

Direct Support to Clients Contributions (Firms, Youth, Organizations)

$ 235.5 M

ITA Direct Service $ 28.7 M

Program Administration Program Salaries $ 12.5 M

Admin / Operating $ 7.0 M # ITAs – 256

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Who are our clients?

NRC-IRAP worked with 8,578 SMEs* in 2009-2010, of which 2,871 received some form of funding.

84% < less than 50 employees

65% < fewer than 20 employees

NL

352

PE

74

NS

222

NB

377

QC

1936

ON

3037

MB

352

SK

188

AB

954

BC

1201

* small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – Firms with up to 500 employees

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NRC-­‐IRAP  EXPENDITURES  BY  INDUSTRY  SECTOR  (2009/10)  

  Over  80%  of  clients  have  <  50  employees    65%  have  <  20  employees    Cuts  across  industry  sectors    Across  all  regions  

•  S@mulate  wealth  crea@on  for  Canada  through  technological  innova@on  in  Canadian  SMEs  in  part  by  providing  direct  financing  support  for  business  R&D  

Direct  support  for  business(2009-­‐10)  NRC-­‐Industrial  Research  Assistance  Program  (NRC-­‐IRAP)  

NRC-­‐IRAP  OBJECTIVES    

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NRC-­‐IRAP  EXPENDITURES  BY  INDUSTRY  SECTOR  (2009/10)  

  Over  80%  of  clients  have  <  50  employees    65%  have  <  20  employees    Cuts  across  industry  sectors    Across  all  regions  

•  S@mulate  wealth  crea@on  for  Canada  through  technological  innova@on  in  Canadian  SMEs  in  part  by  providing  direct  financing  support  for  business  R&D  

Direct  support  for  business  (2009-­‐10)  NRC-­‐Industrial  Research  Assistance  Program  (NRC-­‐IRAP)  

NRC-­‐IRAP  OBJECTIVES    

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IRAP Expenditures by Industry Sector ( 2010-11 )

Aerospace 3,110,000 (1.2%)

Agriculture and Food 14,182,000 (5.9%)

Construction and Related Products 15,772,000 (6.5%)

Energy and Environment 21,451,000 (8.9%)

Health and Life Sciences 26,424,000 (11.0%)

ICT 88,230,000 (36.7%)

Manufacturing and Materials 34,623,000 (14.4%)

Other 37,105,000 (15.4%)

TOTAL 240,900,000 (100.0%)

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Contact us

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