Lab Services Incentive Program

Alberta Invests in Pilot Program to Improve Access to Labs for Early-Stage Emissions Reducing Technology Developers

The Government of Alberta, through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA), is committing $1 million toward the Lab Services Incentive Program (LSIP) Pilot. Funding is sourced from the Government of Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund.

The pilot program is an outcome of the findings in ERA’s Barriers to Commercialization Study, which identified resources and financial constraints as primary reasons for startups and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) not engaging with Alberta’s post-secondary research institutions.

LSIP aims to improve collaboration and access to lab services for early-stage technology developers in Alberta. It’s designed to provide easier access, greater efficiency, and enhanced affordability when it comes to lab services.

Added benefits include moving projects up the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale toward commercialization, and fostering collaborations between post-secondary research institutions and SMEs, in order to grow a roster of technology solutions that could be eligible for ERA’s primary programming in the future.

Under the program, a lab services project can receive 60 per cent of the nominal project cost, up to a maximum of $60,000. The program will follow a continuous intake structure until December 31, 2025, or whenever funds are depleted.

Download the Program Guide here.