Clean Resources Continuous Intake 2023-2024

Eligibility

Applicants:

The Process is open to all categories of lead applicant, including technology developers, industry, industrial associations, small and medium-sized enterprises, research and development (R&D) organizations, post-secondary institutions, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, government research labs, and individuals. Applicants are not required to be based in Alberta but must demonstrate a clear value proposition for the province.

Partners:

• Partners are not required; however, technology development projects must clearly demonstrate that a market exists for commercialization of the technology and knowledge generation projects must clearly demonstrate the value proposition for the end user of the knowledge solution.
• Applicants with strong end-user partnerships and/or funding from other organizations are preferred.

Summary

Clean Resources helps technology developers and industry clients accelerate technology development and deployment, grow their businesses, and enhance the competitiveness of the resource sector. We provide scientific and technical insights to the Government of Alberta (GOA) on energy and natural resource development, agriculture, economic diversification, emission reduction, and water/land policies.

The following technology portfolios/focus areas utilize this continuous intake process:

• Advanced Hydrocarbons: Cleaner Hydrocarbon Production; Innovative Hydrocarbon Products (including Bitumen Beyond Combustion)
• Clean Technology: Bioenergy and the Circular Economy; Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) and Hydrogen; Critical Minerals and Emerging Technology; Renewable and Alternative energy
• Environmental Innovation: Land and Biodiversity; Water Innovation

In addition to specific focus areas, Clean Resources supports projects that can help contribute to progress towards Alberta’s 2030 targets as identified in the Alberta Research and Innovation Framework.

Projects

• Projects can be for either innovation-commercialization or knowledge generation.
• Projects or portions thereof that have received funding or funding approval from other programs at Alberta Innovates may not be eligible for continuous intake programs funding.
• Support can be requested for a new phase of development or demonstration that builds on and sufficiently advances a previously funded project.
• Priority is afforded to technology or knowledge development projects. Technology projects should demonstrate an advancement along the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale and are typically within TRLs 3-7. Knowledge projects will be expected to demonstrate potential contributions to improved best practices, operations or policy.
• All projects must demonstrate a clear and justified value proposition in Alberta.

Funding Considerations

Project funding can be up to and typically does not exceed $2 million per project from the Process. The continuous intake programs normally support 25 – 50% of total project costs, with remaining funding from other project partners and other funding agencies (including cash and in-kind support). The Process encourages co-funding of projects with other funding agencies and does not limit the amount of stacking towards the applicant’s contribution.

All applicants are expected to provide a portion of the funding towards a project, which can include cash and in-kind contributions from project partners or other sources of funds.