FPInnovations
FPInnovations brings together FERIC, Forintek, Paprican, and the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre of Natural Resources Canada, to create the world's largest private, not-for-profit forest research institute. With over 600 employees spread across Canada, FPInnovations unites the individual strengths of each of these internationally recognized forest research and development institutes into a single, greater force.
Industrial Research Assisstance Program (IRAP)
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) provides a range of both technical and business oriented advisory services along with potential financial support to growth-oriented Canadian small — and medium-sized enterprises. The program is delivered by an extensive integrated network of 260 professionals in 100 communities across the country.
Value to Wood
A national Natural Resources Canada initiative to support the Canadian value-added wood products sector. The Value to Wood program is based on both research and technology transfer. It is meant to provide technological solutions directly to wood product manufacturers in all regions of Canada.
Revenue Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credits (SR&ED)
A federal tax incentive program to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada that will lead to new, improved, or technologically advanced products or processes. The SR&ED program is the largest single source of federal government support for industrial research and development.
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada (NSERC)
NSERC helps Canadian companies compete in today's economy by jointly funding collaborative R&D projects with scientists and engineers in universities across the country.
Canadian Biomass Innovation Network (CBIN)
coordinates the Federal Government's interdepartmental research and development (R&D) activities in the area of bioenergy, biofuels, industrial bioproducts and bioprocesses.
Innovation in the World Sector
USDA Forest Products Laboratory Established in 1910 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison Wisconsin, serves the US public as the nation's leading wood research institute. Here, you can find a wide variety of technical information.
Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance
The Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance is an industry-led partnership with government and academia that holds the promise of reinventing the US forest products industry through innovation in processes, materials and markets. Includes a link to the US Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap.
European Union — European Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP)
This platform aims at defining and implementing the sector's R&D roadmap for the future and is supported by a wide range of stakeholders. The Forest-based sector technology platform is an industry-driven process, embedded in industry reality, and supporting the sector's strategy.
Scandinavia — Wood Wisdom Research Programme
Wood Wisdom is a programme entity strengthening the knowledge base in the forest cluster across national borders and promoting the transfer of knowledge and technology to improve the competitiveness of the whole cluster.
