Step 3: Assessment Review

The Industrial Technologies Office (ITO) conducts an assessment review of each proposal submitted to the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI) to see if the proposed project meets SADI's assessment requirements for repayable contributions. The decision to accept or reject the proposal at this stage is with the Minister of Industry.

SADI's assessment criteria focus on:

• company's capability to achieve the stated objectives
• technology benefits
• social and economic benefits

1. Company's Capability to Achieve the Stated Objectives

The company must have:

• the financial resources necessary to complete the project;
• the management expertise necessary to direct and complete the project;
• a business plan setting out how the company would achieve the results and benefits proposed by the project; and
• a technical team in place with the experience and expertise to conduct the research and development (R&D) proposed.

2. Technology Benefits

ITO examines the technological benefits that could be achieved.

Specifically, the assessment considers:

• the degree of strategic technology innovation or excellence involved in the R&D; and
• the feasibility of R&D leading to product or service applications.

3. Social and Economic Benefits

ITO will assess the benefits likely to result from completion of the R&D work proposed by the company. The following factors are used to assess the proposal:

• the probability of the project achieving the stated economic benefits;
• technology spill-over and diffusion to other companies or sectors from completion of the R&D; and
• collaborative partnerships (for example, with post-secondary institutions, research institutes, non-profit organizations and/or the private sector).

Please proceed to the next step, Step 4. Due Diligence Review.