Who is eligible?

• Who Can Apply?
• What Activities Qualify for SADI?
• What are Eligible Costs?
• What are Non-Eligible Costs?
• Additional Information

Who Can Apply?

• All Canadian companies in aerospace and defence (A&D) industries that wish to conduct strategic research and development (R&D) activities, creating opportunities for Canadians to contribute to a highly skilled and knowledge-based work force, are eligible to apply for repayable contributions under the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI).
• SADI is open to A&D companies of all sizes-including small and medium-sized enterprises-and from all regions of Canada.
• Eligible recipients are corporations incorporated under Canadian law.

What Activities Qualify for SADI?

• Industrial research: Planned research or critical investigation aimed at discovering new knowledge, with the objective that such knowledge may be useful in developing new products, processes or services, or in bringing about a significant improvement to existing products, processes or services.
• Pre-competitive development: The translation of industrial research findings into a plan, blueprint or design for new, modified or improved products, processes or services, whether intended for sale or use, including the creation of a first prototype that could not be used commercially. Pre-competitive development may further include the conceptual formulation and design of products, processes or services, as well as initial demonstration or pilot projects.

What are Eligible Costs?

• These are costs incurred by the recipient that are required to carry out the project.
• Costs may include labour, material, overhead, specialized equipment and other costs related to the project.
• SADI's repayable contributions may also cover eligible project costs incurred prior to the signing of contribution agreements with recipients. In such cases, these costs will not have been incurred prior to the date when the Industrial Technologies Office (ITO) received the project proposal, and they will not exceed a specific percentage of total project costs.
• SADI shall not reimburse eligible costs incurred by the recipient should the proposal be rejected.

What are Non-Eligible Costs?

• SADI does not support costs such as those associated with land and buildings.

Additional Information

• Companies that wish to obtain more detailed information about how to apply for repayable contributions through SADI should consult the Information Booklet.