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Innovating and Advancing Key Sectors

This funding program provides non-repayable grants to support strategic investments in regional sector-based economic development projects that will have long-lasting and measurable benefits for communities in the Southern Interior*. Our goal is to:

Improve the competitiveness of key industry sectors in the Southern Interior, especially those in our mandated focus areas. Funding Streams Overview › Economic Trust of the Southern Interior
Encourage and create opportunities for industry sector collaboration and strategic partnerships
Support the creation and growth of industry clusters
Stimulate the research and adaptation of innovative technologies and business practices
Support initiatives which focus on sustainability and reducing environmental impacts i.e., waste, energy reduction
Support sector initiatives aimed at transitioning to and achieving a Net Zero economy

We do this by:

Providing funding to industry or community groups in emerging or established sectors (examples: manufacturing, aerospace, innovation, cleantech, agri-food, forestry), to support:
- Bringing players in a sector together to explore common needs and interests
- Helping new and emerging industry sectors to organize
- Encouraging sector collaboration regarding areas such as sales, procurement, etc.
Providing seed funding to support industry or community groups (working with a sector group) to solve/address a common challenge or opportunity. Example projects could include attracting and retaining employees, joint marketing initiative, or joint R&D project
Providing grant funding to industry or community groups to undertake activities such as research, planning, and strategic partnerships that will assist their sector in reducing energy use and/or repurposing waste
Supporting networking between key sectors

Supporting Information