Life Sciences Scale-up Fund (LSSUF)
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
Provides financial support to help small-to-medium sized life sciences enterprises (SMEs) in Ontario scale up, commercialize new products, and build domestic manufacturing capacity.
Eligibility Requirements
- For-profit SME located in Ontario, or planning to locate in an Ontario community by the project start date
- Must be in the human health sciences industry
- Must have between 5 and 500 employees
- Must have at least two years of operations
- Project must support scale-up, new product commercialization, or domestic manufacturing capacity
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- Up to 33% of costs, to a max of $2.5 million
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Provincial
- Co-Funding
- Up to 33% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- 2026 intake open June 22 to Aug 4, 2026. Confirm on ontario.ca.
Program Scorecard
Competition, effort, and approval at a glance
Difficult — significant preparation needed
High competition — many applicants
Complex — detailed documentation needed
How to Win
Insider tips, common pitfalls, and what successful applicants look like
Insider TipThe program rewards companies that are clearly past the prototype stage and moving into commercial manufacturing.
Rejection Pitfalls 11
- Insufficient operational history (under 2 years, or financial statements not audited/reviewed)
Success Profile
Everything you need to win LSSUF
Not a marketing summary. The actual checklist, intel, and stack strategy reviewers look for.
- 11 rejection pitfalls reviewers flag — so you catch them first
- 10-document checklist with what each reviewer is actually checking
- Your Application Game Plan — the print-ready PDF the preview below describes
- Insider tip from program officers on what separates winners
- 6-program stacking strategy to combine with compatible funding
- Success profile + evaluation criteria — exactly what reviewers score on
Application Playbook
Step-by-step process, required documents, and expenses
Application steps not yet documented.
Required Documents 10
Deadline Notes
Funding Stack Strategy
Compatible programs, clawback risk, and combined funding potential
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Clawback Risk
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