A pan-Alberta pilot to provide funding and support for technology company creation and high-tech entrepreneurial development.
Important dates
Intake status: Closed – Expressions of Interest are not currently being accepted.
Ministry responsible: Jobs, Economy and Innovation
Overview
GreenSTEM is an entrepreneurial pilot program for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Masters and Ph.D. graduates. The pilot program enables entrepreneurship and provides a two-year commercialization runway for “deep technology” companies involved in science-based innovation that:
- is expensive
- has a lengthy development process
- is more challenging to commercialize than conventional goods or software
Please note: For the purposes of the GreenSTEM pilot program, “deep technology” is characterized by tangible, science-based innovation with hardware component(s).
The program supports a cohort of entrepreneurially-inclined, technically-skilled participants across the province who are working on technologies with emissions reduction potential. GreenSTEM participants, or fellows, are hosted by one of Alberta’s research universities:
- University of Alberta
- University of Calgary
- University of Lethbridge
Province of Alberta
