Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
National Defence
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
Collaborate with academic and private sector partners to build a network of expertise to support Canada’s current and future defence and security needs.
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $2,000,000 or less.
- The largest recipient, Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation, holds $2,000,000 (50% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2024-10-28.
By fiscal year
By recipient province
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation | 1 | $2,000,000 | 2024-10-28 |
| InDro Robotics Inc. | 1 | $2,000,000 | 2024-10-08 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-28 | Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation | Building Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control Systems for General Purpose Robots | BC | $2,000,000 |
| 2024-10-08 | InDro Robotics Inc. | InDro Cortex | BC | $2,000,000 |
Method & sources
Source: Government of Canada "Proactive Disclosure – Grants and Contributions" (Open Government Licence – Canada). We include agreements with for-profit recipients that started on or after April 1, 2021, and keep the latest amendment of each agreement, so values are the current agreement value, not money paid out. Departments report on their own schedule, so the most recent quarter is incomplete. Recipients are linked to company pages by exact name match. This is not an endorsement or an eligibility determination — check each program's official page.
Dataset on open.canada.ca · Search the official grants records