Research Manitoba tabs $1.4M for emerging tech grants
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Artificial intelligence and emerging technology are top priorities for a new Research Manitoba grant.
The provincial government branch has tabbed a collective $1.4 million over two years for its Manitoba Solutions Grant, launched this year.
“We designed a program that could support made-in-Manitoba solutions to challenges that we face as a province,” said Freyja Arnason, Research Manitoba’s director of strategies and programs.
The entity expects to give money to at least seven collaborations between Manitoba researchers and “knowledge user” groups, like businesses and non-profits.
Applicants must be researchers partnered with knowledge users, with an end goal of creating a real-world impact.
An initial $700,000 has been set aside for this year. Each successful applicant will receive up to $100,000. Another $700,000 is scheduled for 2026; first-year recipients will be eligible.
“AI and emerging technology are transforming every sector right now,” Arnason said. “The hope is that we’re helping Manitoba researchers and innovators become leaders in this really rapidly evolving field.”
A panel of experts — who haven’t been chosen yet — will review the applications (forms available at researchmanitoba.ca), Arnason said. Submission deadline is Nov. 24.
Research Manitoba pulled the grant money from an additional $5 million the province injected into its base operating budget earlier this year.
Research Manitoba has also beefed up long-standing programs, including helping early career researchers obtain large grants and funding graduate-level students as trainees, Arnason said.
The organization noted $35.5 million in cumulative reductions to its operating budget for nearly a decade before 2025.
The Manitoba Solutions Grant comes as the provincial government turns an eye to productivity and technology use. Manitoba is set to release its first innovation and productivity report on Halloween.
Research Manitoba plans to continue its grant in further years and change the priority area annually, Arnason said.
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