Advancing Hydrogen – Competition 1

(a) Applicant Eligibility Criteria

Competition 1 is open to technology developers, industry, industrial associations, small and mediumsized enterprises, research and development (R&D) organizations, post-secondary institutions, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, and government research labs, providing they are legally able to execute the Investment Agreement, a draft of which is provided on the HCOE Competition 1 web page. Note that the final version of this Investment Agreement may differ slightly from the posted draft. Applicants are not required to be based in Alberta but must demonstrate a clear value proposition for the province.

All corporate Applicants must:

• have a physical presence in Alberta, or intend to create a physical presence in Alberta;
• be a legal entity:
  • incorporated in Alberta; or
  • incorporated federally or in another jurisdiction AND extra-provincially registered in Alberta; or
  • a General Partnership, Limited Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership AND registered in Alberta.

All applicants must be in good financial standing with Alberta Innovates and its subsidiaries InnoTech Alberta and C-FER Technologies.

Proposed projects that demonstrate HQP capacity building in Alberta will receive additional consideration for funding.

Collaboration with other project partners is highly encouraged and projects that demonstrate end user engagement and formal partnerships will receive additional consideration for funding.

(b) Project Partner Eligibility Criteria

The project partner(s) is(are) required to satisfy the following criteria:

• demonstrate the relationship between the applicant and the project partner(s) does not create a conflict of interest;
• be in good financial standing with Alberta Innovates and its subsidiaries InnoTech Alberta and C-FER Technologies;
• an industry or other end-user project partner is recommended but not required for post-secondary institution applicants; and
• federal funding agencies (e.g. NSERC, NRCan, etc.) are considered eligible project partners.

(c) Project Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for funding all projects must:

• be structured with critical “go/no go” milestones;
• be completed within the 24-month term; and
• submit to other criteria that Alberta Innovates may develop from time to time.