Reference number : 172-2018-2019-Q2-909655, amendment number : 2, agreement type : C, recipient legal name : MERQ Inc., recipient country : CA, recipient province : ON, recipient city : Stoney Creek|Stoney Creek, recipient postal code : L8E 2K4, program name english : Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, program name french : Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises, program purpose english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, program purpose french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, agreement title english : Food Lab Waste Processor, agreement title french : Processeur de déchets de laboratoire alimentaire, agreement number : 909655, agreement value : 95716.0, agreement start date : 2018-05-01, agreement end date : 2019-03-15, description english : Food labs generate a significant amount of biohazardous waste daily that needs to be sterilized prior to disposal. There are currently three main methods of sterilization and disposal: autoclaving, chemical sterilization and 3rd party handling.  All three methods leave much to be desired and many major players in the market have expressed concern around this and the desire for a new solution. Autoclaving and chemical sterilization is inefficient and hazardous to employees.  3rd party handling is extremely expensive and simply not an option for major labs due to their high throughput.  We are seeking to make a sterilizer that addresses all these issues by automatically & efficiently sterilizing and dewatering samples safely at minimal costs., description french : Processeur de déchets de laboratoire alimentaire, expected results english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, expected results french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, additional information english : This agreement has been amended 2 time(s). The end date of this agreements has been modified by 15 days. The total amended value is 25,000 dollars., additional information french : Cet accord a été modifié 2 fois La date de fin du présent accord a été changé de  15 jours. La valeur totale des modifications est de   25 000 dollars., owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada