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policy statement funding opportunities for engineering firms seizing global opportunities: ontario's innovation agenda

OVERVIEW Professional engineers are leaders in research and innovation in all industry sectors in Ontario, yet engineering achievements often go unrecognized by government and the general public. The mandate of the Research & Innovation Task Force is to highlight and advance engineering innovation. The Task Force is charged with identifying and communicating funding opportunities that will support OSPE members as they develop, commercialize, and market engineering technology.

UPDATES

May 29, 2012: OSPE Review of Federal Support to Research and Development - The Jenkins Report

March 22, 2012: Over 80 attendees gathered at the Toronto Board of Trade for OSPE’s Seizing Innovation Opportunities in Ontario policy series event. The event included keynote addresses from the Hon. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Donna Cansfield, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development and Innovation and Professor David Zingg, P.Eng. from the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies.

March 25, 2011: OSPE hosted a successful Policy Series event on Research and Innovations in Health Care

February 24, 2011: OSPE comments on the Independent Review Panel on Federal R&D Consultations

September 25, 2009: OSPE releases an updated Policy Statement.

The Research & Innovation Task Force is identifying various funding programs available to engineers that will help with the development and commercialization of engineering research and innovations. A number of website links (above)are provided for interested parties.