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Applicant Details: Provide your organization's name, contact information, and relevant identifiers such as Tax ID or DUNS number. Include the primary contact person's name, title, email address, and phone number.
Grant Proposal: Prepare a comprehensive proposal that outlines your organization's goals, objectives, and strategies for cybersecurity education and workforce development. Describe the specific activities, programs, or initiatives you plan to implement with the grant funds.
Executive Summary: Provide a concise summary of your grant proposal, highlighting key points and the expected impact of your project.
Project Budget: Create a detailed budget that outlines how you intend to allocate the grant funds. Include expenses such as personnel salaries, training materials, technology infrastructure, marketing, and any other relevant costs. Be sure to follow any specific budget format or guidelines provided by the grant application.
Project Timeline: Develop a clear timeline or work plan that demonstrates how you will implement the proposed activities within the grant period. Specify key milestones, deliverables, and the anticipated duration of each phase.
Organizational Background: Provide information about your organization, including its mission, history, structure, and experience in cybersecurity education or related fields. Highlight any relevant achievements, partnerships, or past projects that showcase your organization's capacity to successfully carry out the proposed activities.
Evaluation and Measurement: Describe how you will measure the effectiveness and impact of your cybersecurity education and workforce development efforts. Include evaluation methodologies, metrics, and tools you will utilize to assess the outcomes and make data-driven improvements.
Collaboration and Partnerships: If applicable, outline any existing partnerships or collaborations with other organizations, educational institutions, or industry stakeholders that will contribute to the success of your project.
Sustainability Plan: Outline how you intend to sustain the cybersecurity education and workforce development efforts beyond the grant period. Describe potential sources of future funding or strategies for long-term program sustainability.
Supporting Documents: Attach any required supporting documents, such as resumes or biographies of key personnel, letters of support or commitment from partners, relevant certifications or accreditations, and any additional materials requested by the grant application.

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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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