Grant Intelligence

Insights to Help You Win More Grants

Guides, program alerts, and strategies from Canada's grant experts.

Strategy

Grant Consultant vs In-House Grant Writer: Which Is Better for Your Business?

When to hire a grant consultant, when to build in-house grant writing capability, and when a hybrid model wins. A practical decision framework for Canadian businesses with $250K+ in annual grant opportunity.

May 27, 202611 min read
Guide

What to Look for in a Grant Consultant: A Buyer's Guide for Canadian Businesses

Eight criteria to evaluate any Canadian grant consultant — win rate, program fluency, pricing model, references, communication, accountability, reporting, and contract terms. With the specific questions to ask before signing.

May 27, 20269 min read
Program Alert

RTRI Guide: How Prairie Businesses Access Up to $6M in Tariff Response Funding

The Regional Tariff Response Initiative provides up to $1M non-repayable plus $5M repayable for Canadian businesses impacted by US tariffs. Complete eligibility, costs covered, application timeline, and how to stack RTRI with other programs.

March 18, 202614 min read
Guide

How to Write a Winning Grant Application: 7 Strategies That Move the Win Rate

Most grant applications fail on positioning, not eligibility. Seven strategies that measurably increase approval rates for Canadian government grants — IRAP, SR&ED, RTRI, CanExport, AgriInnovate — drawn from hundreds of submitted applications.

March 10, 202613 min read
NRC IRAP

NRC IRAP Eligibility Guide: Who Qualifies and How to Maximize Your Funding

Complete NRC IRAP eligibility guide: company size, project type, technological uncertainty test, ITA process, and funding stream selection. Plus how to maximize IRAP through stacking with SR&ED, RTRI, and provincial programs.

February 28, 202612 min read
Strategy

Grant Stacking Strategy: How Canadian Businesses Combine Programs for Maximum Funding

Grant stacking combines multiple government funding programs on a single project to maximize non-dilutive capital while respecting stacking limits. The mechanics, the legal rules, common combinations, and real-client examples of stacks producing $400K–$2M+.

February 15, 202614 min read
Case Study

Grant Metal Products: How a Rocky View County Manufacturer Stacked $2M+ in Government Grants

A Rocky View County, Alberta steel fabricator faced a US-tariff supply chain crisis in 2025. The detailed story of how Grant Metal Products stacked RTRI, Emissions Reduction Alberta, and CanExport into over $2M in non-dilutive funding — programs, timeline, project structure, and lessons.

February 5, 202611 min read
Guide

Top 10 Government Grants for Canadian Manufacturers in 2026

The 10 highest-impact federal and provincial government grants for Canadian manufacturers in 2026. Funding ranges, eligibility, deadlines, and stacking notes for RTRI, IRAP, SR&ED, CanExport, AgriInnovate, Net Zero Accelerator, SDTC, ERA, Alberta Innovates, and FedDev Ontario.

January 22, 202615 min read

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