Canada-India 2025-26 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals
Working together, the governments of Canada and India aim to foster and support collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with a high potential for commercialization. This call for proposals is open to organizations from Canada and India who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects.
Projects must focus on 1 or more of the following themes:
Advanced manufacturing
Smart factory and smart manufacturing
Advanced materials
Automotive manufacturing
Robotics and automation
"Industry 4.0" enablers (additive manufacturing, near net shape manufacturing, assistive robotics and process automation, industrial internet of things (IoT) implementation)
Clean and green technologies
Water and waste water management
Smart grid and energy storage
Battery-related technologies
Renewable energy
Smart cities
Hydrogen technologies
Waste management
Waste-to-energy
Electric vehicles
Carbon capture
Energy storage and security
Digital technologies
Artificial intelligence for industry
Cyber security
Smart vehicle
Smart cities
Health and biosciences
Pharmaceuticals
Health informatics
Digital health
Medical devices
Mobile health
Food and agriculture technologies
Crop development
Food processing
Soil irrigation and monitoring
Precision agriculture
Supply chain optimization
Smart infrastructure
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Internet of things (IoT)
Geo-information systems
Smart mobility,
Quantum technologies
Canadian registration deadline: August 15
Canadian expression of interest deadline: October 17
International consortium project proposal deadline: December 15