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Identifying Participants: List all participants in the "Identify Participants" task, ensuring they meet Eligibility criteria. All participants must also be listed in the Participant Table under "Attach Other Application Materials."
Key Participants and CVs: Provide CV for up to 10 key participants. Key participants must include all required per Eligibility; collaborators aren't considered key participants. Canadian academic applicants require a CIHR Biosketch CV.
Applicant Profile CVs: Knowledge users, non-academics, Indigenous organizations, and international applicants can submit CIHR Biosketch CV or Applicant Profile CV (max three pages). Applicant Profile CV must include 5-10 expertise keywords, summary of education/affiliations/employment/research experience with dates, and other pertinent participant role info.
PWLLE Participants: For Persons with lived or living experience (PWLLE), their Applicant Profile CV must describe relevant lived experiences in the application context.
CV Submission: Submit Biosketch CVs through Canadian Common CV (CCV) interface. Upload Applicant Profile CVs as unsecured PDFs, labeled as "Applicant Profile CV – Name (organization or individual, as applicable)."
Most Significant Contributions (Optional): Applicants (excluding Collaborators) can provide additional context about significant contributions relevant to the application, showing how they'll contribute.
Proposal Information: Research Proposal should outline each Evaluation element describing how the proposal addresses Objectives. It should be structured using evaluation criteria headings (1 to 5) and include all presented elements.
Appendix Attachments for Proposal: Charts, references, tables, figures, and photos can be uploaded under "Attachments – Research Proposal Appendix."
Summary of Research Proposal: Summarize research proposal within one page.
Budget Information: Provide detailed budget justification for planned activities, justifying all budget items, including cash and in-kind contributions. The budget should cover funds for hosting one team-led annual event each year of funding.
Other Application Materials: Attach mandatory documents under "Other"

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Eligible Activities

Deadline to Apply

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88%

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93%

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CanExport SMEs

Amount of Funding

Up to 50% funding to a maximum $50,000 grant per project;
Applicants may receive up to 50% of eligible costs for up to $10,000 to $50,000 in grant funding per project;
The applicant is responsible for the remaining 50% of costs;
The annual CanExport contribution maximum is $99,999 (in the event of multiple projects approved in the same government fiscal year);
A group of related companies cannot receive >$200,000 in funding in a single fiscal year. Projects budgets should be between $20,000-100,000; and
Applicants can apply for funding multiple times as long as their prior CanExport application has been completed all reporting is finished.

CanExport SMEs

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for the CanExport program, Canadian businesses must:

Maintain 1 to <500 full-time employees;
Earn annual revenues ranging from $100,000 to $100,000,000;
Be federally incorporated federally or classified as a limited liability partnership (LLP);
Create eligible project expenses of $20,000 or more; and
Be financially stable and able to pay all project expenses not covered by the program.

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