- 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