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Is this program right for you?

This NRC IRAP program is designed for Quebec SMEs who want to:

  • Discover practical and inspiring approaches to innovation
  • Learn from the best practices of other organizations
  • Understand how to innovate within their own business processes
  • Exchange with experts and peers to accelerate innovation thinking and projects

ADRIQ, through its network of accredited innovation consultants, provides intellectual property services and interactive innovation visits to innovative SMEs as part of the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). For more information, businesses should contact their NRC IRAP Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) at 1-877-994-4727.

Key Information

Key Information
Program Status Open
Support Domain Business Strategies and Intellectual Property
Duration Between 20 and 50 hours
Target Quebec SMEs – 250 employees or fewer
Financial Support Project dependent
  • Promote innovation and technological growth within SMEs
  • Encourage the adoption of new practices and technologies
  • Provide access to concrete success examples
  • Foster exchanges between SMEs, experts, researchers, and innovation partners
  • Support the development of structuring projects for the company
  • Solving business challenges with expertise in: Financing, business strategies, product development, commercialization, human resources, certification, standardization, productivity, patent research, and strategic information.
  • Protection and valorization of innovations: Intellectual property advice, patent filing, strategies to secure your innovations and protect your technological assets.
  • Research of strategic information to support decision-making, validate new markets, and analyze competitors.

These are just a few examples — each support is tailored to your reality.

  • Innovative SMEs
  • Incorporated in Quebec
  • Require strategic advice to validate business strategies and receive support for their technology projects
  • ADRIQ, through its network of accredited innovation consultants, provides intellectual property services and interactive innovation visits to innovative SMEs as part of the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).
  • For more information, businesses should contact their NRC IRAP Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) at 1-877-994-4727.
  • Service offered free of charge thanks to the financial support of our partner.

Ready to take your business to the next level?

Contact an NRC IRAP advisor by calling 1-877-994-4727.


Financial Partner

The “Interactive Visits” offered by ADRIQ and its ADRIQ-accredited innovation advisors are partly supported financially by the Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).