Energy and Environment Innovation Program

Grants will typically be over $50,000 for one year projects, to millions of dollars for large, multi-year pilot and demonstration projects.

Alberta Innovates - Energy and Environment Solutions also supports individual inventors with smaller grants intended to help inventors gain assistance with engineering designs, building prototypes and getting patents. Inventions should have the potential to make a significant impact on the energy industry and have an industry supporter.

• Grants are typically less than $50,000 for project that last less than one year.
•  AIEES’s Fiscal Year is from April 1 to March 31 of the following year. The project budget should take this into consideration.
•  AIEES does not invest in capital projects or business operating or marketing costs.
• Funding depends on a variety of factors, including type of project, state of development, strategic need for that particular research, and available funding.
•  AIEES will consider funding multi-year projects. Future funding is contingent on the successful achievement of milestones and the provision of timely project reports.
•  Applicants applying to the Energy and Environment Innovation Program should discuss their basic ideas with a Program Director prior to submitting any paperwork.
•  As requested, applicants will submit a Pre-Application form.
•  Resumes of key personnel are requested. A Form 100 or CV are acceptable formats.
•  Each attachment submitted to AIEES must be under 2MB.
•  All applicants are encouraged to submit letters of support from other organizations.