To receive Ontario Food Technology Pilot funding, your project must be a post-farmgate food technology demonstration project that advances a technology toward commercialization.
Eligible Project Activities
Your project must:
Focus on large-scale technology demonstration
Advance a technology toward commercialization
Target Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) 6 to 9
Align with at least one CFIN Innovation Priority
Be located in an eligible southern Ontario region
Demonstrate a technology that has not yet been commercialized
Projects focused on primary agricultural production activities are not eligible.
What Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is Required?
Your technology should be at TRL 6 or TRL 7 when you apply.
TRL 6
Product or process prototype demonstrated in a relevant environment
TRL 7
System prototype demonstrated in an operational environment
Expected Project Outcome
Your project should advance the technology to:
TRL 8: System complete and qualified
TRL 9: Actual product or process proven successful