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FUNDING SERVICES

Our staff and subcontract funding specialists have not only helped various types of companies evaluate their operations to see if they have any areas which may be candidates for grants, loans and subsidies, but have also been of valuable assistance in identifying and developing the applications to required standards. We only focus on industries regulated by Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Our funding staff have also been involved in clinical trials, DIN application, trademark & patent issues, strategic nutraceutical / drug marketing strategies, business plan developments and regulatory issues for marketing material. Therefore, our understanding of this particular industry and its unique needs is rather comprehensive.

As such, we feel we have the expertise to be of valuable assistance in identifying and meeting your funding needs for future growth. Therefore, we are pleased to offer you the following services.

A. Services

  1. Perform a thorough review of your present operations in order to develop project ideas where funding may be allowed and areas where funding is not.

  2. Identify the various municipal, provincial, federal and private funding programs which may be available to your company.

  3. Assist with the technical aspects of the various grant and subsidy applications.

  4. Estimate percentages for potential of success on each grant or subsidy application.

  5. Estimate monetary values of each successful application.

  6. Technical liaison with the Grant application personnel, on your behalf (if you wish).

B. Potential Grant or Subsidy Areas We Will Review:

  1. Product safety (toxicity, microbial & chemical contamination, pesticide residues, heavy metals and other contaminants).

  2. R&D for product efficacy.

  3. R&D for optimizing growing conditions to maximize the concentrations of the active ingredients (agronomics). For examples: maximizing crop yields, maximizing crop nutrient content, minimizing growth times and minimizing harvest costs.

  4. R&D for optimizing manufacturing conditions to minimize product degradation, which would cause reductions in the concentrations of active ingredients.

  5. Quality assurance training and implementation for management and staff.

  6. Facility and equipment design/upgrades.

  7. Attending and presenting at foreign conferences and trade shows.

  8. Exhibits at foreign / domestic Trade Shows (travel costs and exhibit materials).

  9. Improvement (or development) of labels to obtain regulatory compliance, advertising and marketing materials (incl. brochures), web-site development for Canadian and foreign markets.

  10. Development of technical educational materials for doctors, pharmacists, other healthcare professionals, potential wholesalers & retailers and separate advertising / marketing materials for the end consumer.

  11. R&D for full nutritional analyses on any newly-developed products.

  12. Scientific Literature searches specific to your products (in areas where these products have only been used in Traditional methods or for new possible applications).

  13. R&D for shelf life determination on any newly-developed products.

  14. Setting up a small QC/R&D lab within the new facilities.

  15. Compliance to the upcoming mandatory NHPD regulations (for existing Food Supplements & new products).

  16. Acquire technical / marketing expertise (& demographics, purchasing trends, etc.) for foreign marketing expansion.

  17. Both Alberta provincial and Federal programs to be considered.

  18. The hiring and training of new staff to run production equipment, shipping/receiving, etc. (who may pay up to 50% of recently unemployed or specialtized staff).