Ontario Health Technology Accelerator Fund (HTAF)
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
$12M fund accelerating adoption of commercially-ready health technologies into Ontario's healthcare system via the Health Innovation Pathway. Four topics (wound care, AI vision screening, surgical navigation, abdominal wall supports) were announced with $500K-$5M envelopes in September 2025 and competed through time-limited calls to hospitals in 2026. Requires TRL 8+ and the relevant Health Canada clearance.
Eligibility Requirements
- Companies, innovators, clinicians, health service providers
- Technology at TRL 8+ (commercially ready, not prototype)
- Relevant regulatory approvals (for example, Health Canada) already received where the technology requires them — a clear regulatory pathway is not an accepted substitute. Ontario Health's intake form treats TRL 8+ as the route for technologies that do not require Health Canada approval
- Must demonstrate value to Ontario patients and health budget
- Out of scope: pharma, vaccines, HIS, infrastructure
- Made-in-Ontario preference
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- $500,000-$5,000,000 per funded topic, shared across all participating sites (not a per-project or per-company amount)
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Provincial
- Co-Funding
- Up to 100% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- Rolling — Ontario Health accepts proposals year-round
Program Scorecard
Competition, effort, and approval at a glance
Difficult — significant preparation needed
High competition — many applicants
Moderate — standard requirements
How to Win
Insider tips, common pitfalls, and what successful applicants look like
Insider TipA company's own action is to submit a TECHNOLOGY PROPOSAL into the Health Innovation Pathway — an assessment route that awards no money by itself.
Success Profile
Evaluation Criteria
How HTAF judges your application
What the reviewer scores, what gets applications rejected, and what to write.
Distilled from 6+ source documents, condensed into one brief. Sources as of 2026-09-04.
6 of the sources
- Health Innovation Pathway ontariohealth.ca
- Submit a Health Technology Proposal ontariohealth.ca
- Health Innovation Pathway - Submit a Technology Proposal survey.alchemer.com
- Health Innovation Pathway - Submit a Technology Proposal survey.alchemer.com
- Calls for Participation in Innovation Projects ontariohealth.ca
- Call for proposals Now Closed: Computer-Assisted Navigation Systems… ontariohealth.ca
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What HTAF favours
Judged on clinical impact, economics, patient need, equity, priorities◦
“Proposals are considered through multiple health system lenses, including clinical impact, economic considerations, patient need and equity, and alignment with current health system priorities”
The form
Consent
- 1Consentcheckbox
About you
- 1Dateshort answer
- 2Requestor Contact Informationshort answer
- 3Please tell us about yourself.selection
The technology
- 4What is the name of the technology?short answer
- 5Brief description of the technologywritten answer
Please provide a brief description of the technology. Include who the technology is intended for (for example, population of interest) and a brief description of its use in care settings.
- 6Currently available alternativeswritten answer
What are the currently available alternatives to the proposed technology for the related health condition?
- 7Why you have submitted this technologywritten answer
- 8What type of technology is it?checkboxes
- 9Known manufacturersshort answer
Patient and provider impact
- 10Impact on patients and caregiverswritten answer
- 11Impact on health care providers and the health systemwritten answer
- 12Health inequities addressedyes/no + written
Evidence and current use
- 13Available evidence of benefit and impactwritten answer
- 14Ongoing studiesyes/no + written
- 15Current use in Ontarioyes/no + written
- 16Use elsewhere in Canada or internationallyyes/no + written
Cost and interested parties
- 17Cost of the technologywritten answer
- 18Interested partieswritten answer
Anything else
- 19Anything else and attachmentswritten answer
HTAF states no length limits for these answers.
Judged against
- 1
Is this technology in scope and clinically better?
Show them Name the patient population and care setting, state the current standard of care in Ontario, and show how your technology beats it.◦
In the funder’s words · 2
- In scope for the pathway according to eligibility criteria
- Clinical impact
- 2
Does it help patients, caregivers and providers?
What to show, and the funder’s 2 criteria behind it in Premium
- 3
Is the evidence and the price defensible?
What to show, and the funder’s 5 criteria behind it in Premium
- 4
Will the Ontario health system adopt it?
What to show, and the funder’s 2 criteria behind it in Premium
4 questions the reviewer answers about you, in Premium.
Where applicants fail
“Before submitting a proposal, please review the eligible technologies in the previous section to determine if your technology can be accepted for review.”
“Please aim to complete all relevant fields in the intake form.”
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The project
Technology is a medical device
Medical devices
Health Canada approval or TRL 8
If applicable, technologies must have received Health Canada regulatory approvals demonstrating safety and/or risk mitigation. For technologies that do not require Health Canada regulatory approval, they must be at technology readiness level 8 or higher.
Documents to attach
Ticks are kept on this device.
The money
CANS call maximumUp to $5,000,000
Up to $5,000,000 for capital and associated administrative costs
Abdominal call maximumUp to $500,000
Up to $500,000 for capital, operating and associated administrative costs
What it pays for · 2
- capital and associated administrative costs for capital including device procurement, operating, evaluation and associated administrative costs
- capital, operating and associated administrative costs
From application to money
- Ask the Innovation ConciergeProcess questions answered by pathway team
- Submit the intake formOne online form, 19 questions
- Review runs in four stagesReview runs in four stages
- CANS call windowJanuary 30 - May 29, 2026CANS call window: Jan 30–May 29, 2026
- Abdominal call windowJanuary 20 - February 26, 2026Abdominal call: Jan 20–Feb 26, 2026
In the funder’s words · 5
- Ask the Innovation Concierge
- The pathway team answers process questions and offers advisory support at every step; questions go to [email protected].
- Submit the intake form
- One online form, 19 numbered questions plus consent, with an optional file attachment.
- Review runs in four stages
- Confirmation of Eligibility, Preliminary Assessment, Technology Review, then Implementation Planning, with timelines that vary by technology and evidence.
- CANS call window
- The computer-assisted navigation call for proposals ran on this window.
- Abdominal call window
- The abdominal wall surgical support device call for proposals ran on this window.
Quoted lines are word for word from the source documents; lines marked ◦ are our reading of them.
Everything you need to win HTAF
Not a marketing summary. The actual checklist, intel, and stack strategy reviewers look for.
- 2-document checklist with what each reviewer is actually checking
- Your Application Game Plan — the print-ready PDF the preview below describes
- 6-step application timeline with prep hours per step
- 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
Required Documents 2
Eligible Expenses 7
Ineligible Expenses 8
Intake Periods
Deadline Notes
Ineligible Organizations
Funding Stack Strategy
Compatible programs, clawback risk, and combined funding potential
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