- The National Research Council (NRC) institutes dedicated to:
 
- Networks of Centres of Excellence(large-scale, academically-led virtual research networks involving partners from academia, industry, government and non-profit organizations):
 - Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (centres to advance research and facilitate commercialization of technologies):
- adMare BioInnovation
 - Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine
 - Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization
 - Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization
 - Centre for Surgical Invention & Innovation
 - Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie (in French only)
 - MaRS Innovation
 - PREVENT (Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise)
 - Prevention of Organ Failure Centre of Excellence
 - Prostate Centre’s Translational Research Initiative for Accelerated Discovery and Development
 
 - Business-led Networks of Centres of Excellence (Large-scale, collaborative research networks led by the private sector, focused on specific research needs of industry):
 
- National
 - Provincial and Regional
 Canadian Research/Technology Transfer Associations
- Canadian research institutions and researchers participate in international research networks, including the following:
- Brain Network Recovery Group (Headquartered in Toronto)
 - International Cancer Genome Consortium (Headquartered in Toronto)
 - International Centre for Infectious Diseases (Headquartered in Winnipeg)
 - International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks (Canadian headquarters located in Ottawa)
 - SGC (Structural Genomics Consortium) (Canadian headquarters located in Toronto)
 - Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet (Research conducted in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia)
 
 
- Canadian research institutions and researchers participate in international research networks, including the following:
 
- Health Canada – Drug, Health Products including Natural Health Products
 - Tax Credits
 - Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program
 - Ontario Business Program Guide, the Ontario government’s free, online directory of tax incentives, tax credits and government support programs for business
 

