Central Alberta Regional Innovation Network

Driving growth of the innovation ecosystem in Central Alberta by providing support to technology and knowledge-based companies.

Invest Alberta

Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) works directly with investors globally to start up or scale up in Alberta, Canada.

National Research Council

The NRC partners with Canadian industry to take research impacts from the lab to the marketplace, where people can experience the benefits.

Industrial Research Assistance Program

The National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) provides a range of technical and business-oriented advisory services, as well as necessary financial support, to qualified innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada.

Alberta Innovates

Alberta Innovates solves some of the province’s biggest challenges by seeing beyond the possible. We support research and the growth of business. We help the startup community build new technology and drive new ideas.

Technology Access Centres located in Alberta

Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing (CIM-TAC)

INSTITUTION: Red Deer Polytechnic
LOCATION: Red Deer (Central Region)

Key Focus Area’s include product and process development, improvement through innovative technical services, and applied research projects.

Technology Access Centre for Sensors and System Integration (TACSSI)

INSTITUTION: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
LOCATION: Edmonton (Northern Region)

Key Focus Area’s include providing services in (1) Electro-mechanical prototype building, (2) Optics, (3) Fluid transfer, (4) Labour automation, (5) Remote data collection, (6) Fabrication, (7) Design, (8) 3D metal printing and, (9) 5G wireless.

Green Building Technologies (GBT)

INSTITUTION: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
LOCATION: Calgary (Southern Region)

Key Focus Area’s include developing solutions that focus on Net Zero and energy positive design and construction across all building types, typographies, and climate zones, including remote, northern, Indigenous and disaster relief infrastructure.

Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre (IATC)

INSTITUTION: Lethbridge College
LOCATION: Lethbridge (Southern Region)

Key Focus Area’s include agricultural expertise in aquaculture, crop production and wet processing. IATC serves small and medium-sized enterprises by providing applied research and innovation services to solve challenges, as well as specialized training on the latest equipment and emerging technologies.

Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production (TACLP)

INSTITUTION: Olds College of Agriculture & Technology
LOCATION: Olds (Central Region)

Key focus areas include meeting the needs of the Canadian livestock industry, specializing in applied livestock research, assisting with technology development and validation and providing primary producers with access to information and resources that will increase productivity on their operations.

National Bee Diagnostic Centre

INSTITUTION: Northwestern Polytechnic
LOCATION: Beaverlodge (Northern Region)

Key focus areas include providing a full array of diagnostic services for honeybee and native bee pests, pathogens, and parasites. Our applied research projects and programming focus on pollinator health and sustainable agriculture practices for commercial and hobby beekeepers, researchers, conservationists, agriculture producers and hobbyists. Ongoing research utilizes the latest microbiology, microscopy, and molecular techniques to identify pathogens that affect pollinator health.

Technology Access Centre for Oils Sands Sustainability (TACOSS)

INSTITUTION: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
LOCATION: Edmonton (Northern Region)

Key focus areas include working with Industry partners who are looking to solve a specific scientific challenge through applied research in the oil sands industry relating to greenhouse gas emissions, water treatment, and tailings treatment. We also work with SMEs with technologies at various development levels