ESCF Proposal Submission

Welcome to the Early Stage Commercialization Fund submission page! We're now open for submissions.

Fill out the fields below and upload your application.

To learn more about ESCF or to download the proposal form, click here.

The deadline is Monday, October 18, 2021, by 11:59 pm ADT.

If you have questions or require assistance, please call 902.424.8674 ext. 1601 or email escf@innovacorp.ca.

Our friends at NBIF (New Brunswick Innovation Foundation) were such fans of ESCF that they wanted to offer it in New Brunswick. We’re delighted to work with the NBIF team to make this happen. While our two organizations are co-promoting the opportunity and partnering on the evaluation process and curriculum, applications from New Brunswick institutions have to apply through NBIF.

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I am applying for:

Phase one of ESCF
Phase two of ESCF

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Innovacorp is keen to understand the diversity of the applicant pool. If you or another member of your founding team voluntarily choose to self-identify, it will have no consequences for your application, and is not tied to a funding decision.

Do you or a member of your founding team consider yourselves to be an Aboriginal/Indigenous person?

Is your businesses owned, managed, and/or controlled by individuals from any of the following categories? If so, please select all that apply:

By clicking the Submit button at the bottom of this page, you are agreeing to the following Terms and Conditions:
I acknowledge and confirm that I will meet and abide by all Early Stage Commercialization Fund eligibility rules as outlined in the competition guidelines. Nova Scotia university and college faculty members, as well as staff and clinicians within university-affiliated hospitals, are eligible to apply. Applications from graduate students and post-docs will be considered, provided a faculty member is a co-applicant.
All information received from the applicant will be kept strictly confidential. All external reviewers will sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). However, the successful applicant herein authorizes Innovacorp, or its designated representative, to reveal the following ESCF information: the applicant’s name, title, affiliate institution, title and lay summary of the project, duration of support, and approved funding amount. The information received may also be used in evaluating the benefits attributable from the program to the Nova Scotia economy. The applicant’s permission will be sought before releasing any further information. Prior award recipients’ names and the above details may also be used in subsequent promotion of the ESCF program.

If your project is selected for an ESCF award, you consent to having your application shared with the institution under which you made your submission.