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Building Alberta’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and creating competitive advantage through collaboration.
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The Ecosystem Development Partnership (EDP) Program aims to enhance Alberta’s research and innovation ecosystem. By working together to converge services and initiatives, we will foster provincial strengths, new industries and enhance value throughout the entire system and its operations. Click the image to view a larger version.
Partner with us as we build a research and innovation economy in Alberta that serves as a competitive advantage for innovators and simultaneously transforms products and services for Albertans.
The program is managed across multiple business units at Alberta Innovates, including Entrepreneurial Investments, Post-secondary Investments and Emerging Technologies, Health Innovation and Platforms, Clean Technology, Advanced Hydrocarbons, and Agri-Food Innovation.
The program is focused on the following priority areas:
Due date: Continuous
Qualified applicants are those focused on:
This program is not meant to help individual applicants directly. Instead, its purpose is to support innovators in Alberta and promote collaboration and opportunities within the ecosystem. The program does not provide support for research projects, sponsorships, or product development projects at companies or post-secondary institutions.
All applications are reviewed and evaluated to determine fit with the Ecosystem Development Partnerships Program objectives and intended outcomes. Alberta Innovates’ staff and external expert reviewers are engaged to evaluate applications.
For more information, consult the Program Guide.
Administrative Assistant, Clean Energy
Program Director, Agriculture & Food Innovation
Executive Director, Health Innovation
Manager, Emerging Technology, Opportunity Development
Building Alberta’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and creating competitive advantage though collaboration.
Alberta College/Polytechnic Work Integrated Learning Ecosystem Development Program Call
Open to Applications: September 14, 2026 9:00 am MDT
IMPORTANT: Review the Campus to Commercialization Fact Sheet prior to applying (available under Support Resources above) Alberta college and polytechnic institutions will be invited to design and deliver work-integrated learning experiences that place undergraduate students alongside Alberta's technology SMEs — giving students a front-row seat to how innovation actually becomes a business and giving companies fresh talent to advance their commercialization and economic impact.
Alberta Post Secondary Commercialization Pathway Ecosystem Development Program Call
IMPORTANT: Review the Pilot to Pathway Fact Sheet prior to applying (available under Support Resources above) This Call invites Alberta Post Secondary Institutions to close those gaps deliberately. Open to any Alberta post-secondary — university, college, or polytechnic — it funds proposals that treat research commercialization as a pathway to be designed, not a project to be funded.