Workshops + Events

Led by the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), the Innovation Hub of St. Lawrence College and the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre as part of the HI YGK health innovation initiative, join local health innovation experts to learn about KHSC’s priority innovation themes, potential paths for innovative ideas, what it takes to test innovations in a hospital setting and how to navigate hospital procurement processes.

Outcomes from this session include:

• Learn how KHSC defines innovation in a hospital context.

• Gain insight into the top problems which can be addressed by innovation.

• Walk away with an understanding of how to test innovations in hospital settings and how to navigate the procurement process.

In partnership, NSERC Alliance / Engage grants and OCI’s Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) will support post-secondary R&D collaborations with the highest potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Ontario.

Individual proposals can request at least $20,000 up to $30,000 from NSERC (Alliance or Engage grant) and at least $20,000 up to $30,000 from OCI VIP, with a corresponding $20,000 to $30,000 from the industry partner (at least 50% must be cash provided to the academic institution).The streamlined joint application and decision process enables companies to quickly undertake new research collaborations with Ontario-based researchers and have their cash contribution leveraged by both NSERC and OCI. The mutually beneficial projects are expected to result in economic benefits to the company and to Ontario and build impactful longer term collaborations between the researcher and the company.

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