Innovation Factory Canadian Medtech Alliance (CAMEDA) Program
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
CAMEDA gives Ontario-based medical device firms up to $100,000 in non-dilutive FedDev Ontario funding to run a manufacturing project with one of the program's contract development and manufacturing partners — Cortex Design, Engineering CPR, Inertia Product Development, Linamar, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute, Megalab or Microart. The device must be at TRL-7 or above and the firm must provide a 1.6x cash match, so a maximum award supports roughly a $270,000 project.
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be a Canadian incorporated company with operations primarily based in Ontario.
- Must be a medical device firm — the program's eligibility is written for medical device firms specifically, not life science firms generally.
- Must be developing a medical device at the TRL-7 level or above.
- Must provide a 1.6x cash matching contribution against the FedDev Ontario amount.
- Must identify a scope of work with a CAMEDA partner where the proposed project will take place. Listed partners are Avania CRO, Cortex Design, Engineering CPR, Inertia Product Development, Linamar, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute, MegaLab Group and Microart Services.
- Applications are accepted and reviewed on a continuous, rolling basis; there is no cost to apply.
- Funding is released in tranches on a reimbursement basis, so the firm must be able to carry project costs before being repaid.
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- Up to $100,000 in non-dilutive FedDev Ontario funding, requiring a 1.6x cash match from the applicant
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Federal
- Co-Funding
- Up to 37% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- Rolling — applications reviewed continuously until all funding is allocated; program funding runs September 2024 to March 2027
Program Scorecard
Competition, effort, and approval at a glance
Everything you need to win CAMEDA
Not a marketing summary. The actual checklist, intel, and stack strategy reviewers look for.
- 8-document checklist with what each reviewer is actually checking
- 6-step application timeline with prep hours per step
- Insider tip from program officers on what separates winners
- Success profile + evaluation criteria — exactly what reviewers score on
How to Win
Insider tips, common pitfalls, and what successful applicants look like
Insider TipThe match is cash, not in-kind — that is the difference between CAMEDA and its sibling SOPHIE, and it is what disqualifies most applicants.
Evaluation Criteria
Application Playbook
Step-by-step process, required documents, and expenses
Application Steps
Required Documents 8
Eligible Expenses 7
Ineligible Expenses 4
Intake Periods
Deadline Notes
Ineligible Organizations
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Funding Stack Strategy
Compatible programs, clawback risk, and combined funding potential
Stacking partner data not yet available.
Clawback Risk
Low RiskHow CAMEDA Compares
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