Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00430, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Davidson, Dawn (George Brown College), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : College Special Initiatives, program name french : Initiatives spéciales pour Collèges, program purpose english : In 2015, with the support of NSERC, Canadas Technology Access Centres (TACs) established a formal, member-driven, national network  the Réseau TACCAT Network, which was later re-branded as Tech-Access Canada | Tech-Accès Canada. Tech-Access Canada started as a two-year pilot project with a dedicated secretariat to leverage lessons learned by the TACs as a basis for supporting excellence in industry-focused applied research at Canadian colleges. _x000D_
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The Tech-Access Canada network is co-funded by the member TACs and NSERC. It is advantageous to promote a cohesive identity and brand for the TACs to foster greater external awareness of their collective ability to serve industry, while enhancing the individual capacities and specializations of TACs to deliver applied research and innovation services to firms._x000D_
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As a permanent entity, Tech-Access Canada will continue to strengthen the brand for Technology Access Centres across Canada, and raise awareness of the innovative capabilities and capacities of the individual centres to external audiences. Developing standards of practice on which present and future TACs can usefully base their practice, will provide Canadian industry with access to high-quality services and experiences across the varying institutions and sectors served by the TACs., program purpose french : In 2015, with the support of NSERC, Canadas Technology Access Centres (TACs) established a formal, member-driven, national network  the Réseau TACCAT Network, which was later re-branded as Tech-Access Canada | Tech-Accès Canada. Tech-Access Canada started as a two-year pilot project with a dedicated secretariat to leverage lessons learned by the TACs as a basis for supporting excellence in industry-focused applied research at Canadian colleges. _x000D_
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The Tech-Access Canada network is co-funded by the member TACs and NSERC. It is advantageous to promote a cohesive identity and brand for the TACs to foster greater external awareness of their collective ability to serve industry, while enhancing the individual capacities and specializations of TACs to deliver applied research and innovation services to firms._x000D_
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As a permanent entity, Tech-Access Canada will continue to strengthen the brand for Technology Access Centres across Canada, and raise awareness of the innovative capabilities and capacities of the individual centres to external audiences. Developing standards of practice on which present and future TACs can usefully base their practice, will provide Canadian industry with access to high-quality services and experiences across the varying institutions and sectors served by the TACs., agreement title english : Tech-Access Canada / Tech-Accès Canada, agreement title french : Tech-Access Canada / Tech-Accès Canada, agreement number : CSI, agreement value : 540000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada