The document discusses Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), which was established in 1987 to drive industry-academic collaboration in Ontario. OCE invests in collaborative research projects between industry and academic partners and helps commercialize research. Last year, OCE invested $25.8 million in 503 projects that attracted $40.1 million from industry partners. OCE programs include Industry-Academic Collaborative Projects, the Centre for Commercialization of Research, and projects focused on brownfields remediation. OCE aims to help build globally competitive companies by leveraging research institutions and moving the innovation sector from good to great.

1. ONTARIO
CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
Turning Brown into Green: ONEIA’s
Brownfields/Remediation
Business Forum
March 3, 2011
Balinder Rai
Business Development Manager
Ontario Centres of Excellence

2. Ontario Centres of Excellence
• Established in 1987 by the Ontario government
• Five sector focused centres including energy, environment,
digital, manufacturing and photonics
• OCE added a Centre for Commercialization of Research with
federal funds in 2008
• Last year OCE
– invested $25.8 million in 503 projects that attracted $40.1 million
invested by industry partners.
– Worked with 40 academic institutions and connected researchers
with 757 companies
– Helped create 20 new start up companies that attracted a further
$113 million in follow on investment

3. Ontario Network of Excellence
• Build globally competitive companies
• Leverage the capacity of research institutions
• Build a world-class knowledge and technology
transfer network
www.oneinnovation.ca

4. OCE Mandate
• Drive the Industry-Academia Collaboration
Program IACP part of the new ONE
• Raise the profile of industry/academic
collaborations
• Move innovation sector from good to great

5. Commercialization
Sources of Finance
Government Research Funding
Ontario Centres of Excellence Programs
IACP CCR
Angel Investors
Venture Capital
IPO / Other
Banks
Industry
Stages of Commercialization of Innovation
Fundamental / Applied Technology & Commercial Market Entry &
Pure Research Research Product Demonstration and Volume
Development Initial Operations Production

6. OCE Programs
Centre for
Industry Academic Collaborative Programs (IACP) Commercialization
of Research (CCR)
Collaborative Talent TechnologyTransfer Commercialization of
Commercialization Partnerships Research
• Technical Problem Solving • Connections • Technology Transfer • Advisory Services
• Collaborative Research • First Job Networks • Embedded Executive
• Market Readiness • Value Added Personnel • Proof Of Principle • New Entrepreneur –
• CONII Micro Finance
• Knowledge Exchange • Facilitated Access to
Capital
OCE programs funded by the Province of OCE programs funded by
Ontario to Colleges, Universities and the Government of
Research Hospitals Canada to companies

7. OCE Programs
Technical Problem Solving
•Short-term projects that address specific technical challenges or
opportunities
•Industry-driven, potential for commercial impact
•Investment between $25,000 and $75,000
•Typically 6-12 months, maximum 18 months
•Matching cash and in-kind from industry (minimum 1:1 leverage)

8. OCE Programs
Collaborative Research
•Helps develop commercially-viable technology that can result in new
revenues and high-value jobs
•Solves tough industry problems while advancing innovative technologies
•Investment between $150K - $200K/year
•1-3 year projects
•Matching cash and in-kind from industry (minimum 1:1 leverage)

9. OCE Programs
Market Readiness
•Further development of IP from Ontario universities and colleges
•Advancement of IP towards successful commercialization
•Technology & Market Assessment
•IP Protection
•Prototype Development
•Business Plan Development
•Investment between $10K - $72K per project

10. OCE Brownfields Projects
• Enhancing In Situ Bioremediation at Brownfield Sites
• Portland Cement as Soil Remediation Amendment for Metals
• Phytoremediation of Chemical Plume
• Bioremediation in Fractured Bedrock
• Delivery of Reactive Nanometals for Source Zone Remediation
• Classification Systems for Brownfields
• Tools for Assessing Groundwater Contamination
• Recovery of NAPL from Contaminated Soil
• Arsenic Removal
• Biobarriers and Controlling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant
Migration

11. OCE and Industry
OCE will …
• help companies navigate the academic landscape by connecting
companies to academic researchers and new technologies
• work with Ontario entrepreneurs to help grow research-based
enterprises into sustainable global competitors
• work with industry and universities to access more of the
research dollar pie (e.g., FedDev, NSERC )

12. ONTARIO
CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
balinder.rai@oce-ontario.org
(416) 861-1092 x 2425
www.oce-ontario.org