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Principal Applicant Designation: Designate a Principal Applicant from the research team. The Principal Applicant, whose primary laboratory should be in a member country, will handle final submission. Guidelines provide more details (Item 3.2. "Principal Applicant").
Team Setup: Ensure no team member is a Principal Applicant or Co-Applicant in another proposal (Item 3.7. "Concurrent Applications" in guidelines) to avoid disqualification.
Obtain LOI ID: The Principal Applicant must obtain a 2024 application number (LOI ID) by March 21, 2023. Create an account (if not in HFSP database) to access the online application form and instructions, even if previously listed. The team composition can be modified until the final submission date.
Co-Applicant Designation and Approval: All team members become co-applicants on the online form. Co-applicants must approve participation via the online form before completing and submitting. Include a brief explanation of different disciplinary contributions in the summary for the review process.
Submission of Letter of Intent: Submit the Letter of Intent by March 30, 2023. No changes can be made after submission.
Full Proposal Invitation: Around mid-July, the Principal Applicant will be notified if the team is invited to submit a full proposal. The deadline for the full proposal will be approximately mid-September 2023.

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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.

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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