The document provides an overview of the National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) new strategy and business lines. It summarizes that the NRC aims to be the most effective research and technology organization in the world by developing and deploying technology through strategic research, scientific and technical services. The NRC supports industry and government through mission-oriented research, scientific infrastructure, technical services, and the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) which provides advisory services and financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises. IRAP had over 8,500 client SMEs in 2009-2010 and provided over $240 million in expenditures across various industry sectors.

2. Overview
Innovation Information Forum
June 1, 2011
Bill Dobson
Director, IRAP Ontario
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3. NRC’S NEW STRATEGY
• Our vision: To be the most effective Research and Technology
Organization (RTO) in the world, stimulating sustainable domestic
prosperity
• Our role as an RTO: Market-driven organization whose primary job
is to develop and deploy technology
• Our mission: Working with clients and partners, we provide strategic
research, scientific and technical services to develop and deploy
solutions to meet Canada's current and future industrial and societal
needs.
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4. Our business lines: Strategic R & D
• NRC helps industry and government address strategic national
priorities through mission‐oriented research and technology
development (including frontier science)
• Is an ROI based agenda – invest to achieve a defined outcome within
a specified time frame
• Flagship programs are one part – national in scale; show casing
NRC’s unique value proposition to deliver high impacts for Canada
• Other programs also support what matters to the country now and
into the future (natural resources, environment, health costs, security,
community infrastructure, and industry competitiveness. )
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5. Our business lines: Scientific Infrastructure
• NRC helps clients effectively utilize specialized scientific
infrastructure
 Includes managing the country’s large‐scale research infrastructure
by leveraging our national perspective, international linkages and
track record of providing facility access to user communities
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6. Our business lines: Technical Services
• NRC helps clients solve immediate problems associated with the
transfer, adoption and diffusion of technology by offering such services
as testing, certification, calibration, prototyping, demonstration, scale‐
up and consulting
• Shorter term focus on client needs based largely on fee-for-service
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7. Our business lines: IRAP
• NRC helps support the innovation activities – and helps build the
innovation capacity – of Canadian small and medium‐enterprise (SME)
clients by providing them with advisory services and financial support
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8. What do we provide SMEs*?
• Customized technical and
business advisory services
• Networking and linkages
to other SME focused
organizations,
potential partners
and investors
• Financial
support
* small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) –
Firms with up to 500 employees 8
Medicago, Québec, QC

9. What sort of financial support do we give?
• Financial contributions to firms to
develop technologies, both domestically and globally
• Financial contributions to
innovation collaborators
for SME-targeted
programs
• Financial assistance
to hire new graduates –
Youth Employment
Program (YEP)
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Sorcimed Biopharma Inc., Sackville, NB

10. The Support Process
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11. Field Staff of the Program
The ITA* Advantage
Experience
• 256 field staff
Outreach
• 75% have Masters
or PhD • Field staff are located
in 147 offices / Services
• 80% have specialized 100 communities • R&D project advice
industrial experience
• Each work with • Competitive
• 45% have run their 42 clients per year Technical Intelligence
own R&D facility
• 11 of their clients will • Networking and linkages
• 65% have some receive funding from • Funding opportunities &
experience in working NRC-IRAP programs
at other federal
government labs or • Typically make 105
departments client site visits a year
• 34% have been
entrepreneurs
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12. Where do we support clients?
LEGEND
NRC-IRAP Industrial Technology
Advisor (ITA)
NRC-IRAP Regional Office
NRC Institute
NRC Cluster
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13. Budget Breakdown (FY 2010/11)
FY 10/11 Budget $ 283.7 M
Direct
support
to
clients
-­‐
$
264.2
M
Direct Support to Clients
Contributions $ 235.5 M
(Firms, Youth, Organizations)
ITA Direct Service $ 28.7 M
Program Administration
Program Salaries $ 12.5 M
Admin / Operating $ 7.0 M
# ITAs – 256
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14. Who are our clients?
NRC-IRAP worked with 8,578 SMEs*
in 2009-2010, of which 2,871
received some form of funding. 3037
84% < less than 1936
50 employees
1201
954
65% < fewer than
20 employees 188
352 377
222 352
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BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL
* small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) –
Firms with up to 500 employees
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15. Direct
support
for
business(2009-­‐10)
NRC-­‐Industrial
Research
Assistance
Program
(NRC-­‐IRAP)
NRC-­‐IRAP
EXPENDITURES
BY
INDUSTRY
SECTOR
(2009/10)
NRC-­‐IRAP
OBJECTIVES
• S@mulate
wealth
crea@on
for
Canada
through
technological
innova@on
in
Canadian
SMEs
in
part
by
providing
direct
financing
support
for
business
R&D
 Over
80%
of
clients
have
<
50
employees
 65%
have
<
20
employees
 Cuts
across
industry
sectors
 Across
all
regions
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16. Direct
support
for
business
(2009-­‐10)
NRC-­‐Industrial
Research
Assistance
Program
(NRC-­‐IRAP)
NRC-­‐IRAP
EXPENDITURES
BY
INDUSTRY
SECTOR
(2009/10)
NRC-­‐IRAP
OBJECTIVES
• S@mulate
wealth
crea@on
for
Canada
through
technological
innova@on
in
Canadian
SMEs
in
part
by
providing
direct
financing
support
for
business
R&D
 Over
80%
of
clients
have
<
50
employees
 65%
have
<
20
employees
 Cuts
across
industry
sectors
 Across
all
regions
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17. IRAP Expenditures by Industry Sector ( 2010-11 )
Aerospace 3,110,000 (1.2%)
Agriculture and Food 14,182,000 (5.9%)
Construction and Related Products 15,772,000 (6.5%)
Energy and Environment 21,451,000 (8.9%)
Health and Life Sciences 26,424,000 (11.0%)
ICT 88,230,000 (36.7%)
Manufacturing and Materials 34,623,000 (14.4%)
Other 37,105,000 (15.4%)
TOTAL 240,900,000 (100.0%)
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18. Contact us
For information on NRC-IRAP
or to reach an ITA
Call our toll-free number:
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