Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP)
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
TIAP is a venture-building organization affiliated with the University of Toronto and 11 partner teaching hospitals, focused exclusively on commercializing health science technologies — medical devices, therapeutics, and digital health/AI. It offers five development pillars including pre-seed investment through UTEST (medical device and digital health ventures), drug discovery support via LAB150-NextGen, and a Critical Technologies stream providing up to $200K for ventures using AI, 5G, quantum, or robotics. Portfolio Management provides follow-on bridge financing of up to $500K with a 1:1 cash match requirement.
Eligibility Requirements
- Principal investigators or researchers at TIAP member institutions (University of Toronto and 11 affiliated teaching hospitals)
- Innovations must be in health sciences: medical devices, therapeutics, drug discovery, or digital/AI health applications
- Technology must originate from or be licensed through a member institution's technology transfer office
- For-profit spinout entities are the typical vehicle; existing ventures may also apply for Portfolio Management follow-on
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- Up to $200K (Critical Technologies stream); up to $500K follow-on with 1:1 cash match (Portfolio Management)
- Type
- Program
- Level
- Private
- Co-Funding
- Up to 50% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- Ongoing — rolling intake
Program Scorecard
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How to Win
Insider tips, common pitfalls, and what successful applicants look like
Insider TipTIAP access is almost entirely relationship-mediated — TIAP's general inquiry address is a last resort — prefer institutional channels (CDL, MaRS, university tech transfer).
Success Profile
Evaluation Criteria
Everything you need to win TIAP
Not a marketing summary. The actual checklist, intel, and stack strategy reviewers look for.
- 5-document checklist with what each reviewer is actually checking
- Your Application Game Plan — the print-ready PDF the preview below describes
- 4-step application timeline with prep hours per step
- Insider tip from program officers on what separates winners
- 3-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 5
Eligible Expenses 6
Ineligible Expenses 4
Intake Periods
Deadline Notes
Ineligible Organizations
Funding Stack Strategy
Compatible programs, clawback risk, and combined funding potential
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Clawback Risk
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