SCAP Alberta – Value-Added Program

Receive up to $250,000 in Agriculture Funding.

The Alberta – SCAP – Value-Added Program invests in projects that expand market opportunities, increase company sales, and create jobs in order to diversify and grow Alberta’s value-added food and bioindustry processors.

To view more programs offered by the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP), visit our SCAP overview page.

Attention: This program is currently closed. You can speak with a member of our team about future intake periods or similar funding programs you may be eligible for, get email updates through our weekly newsletter, or look through our list of available funding programs in our directory page.

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Funding Amount

Access up to $250,000 in funding support.

Eligible Applicants

You must be a Processor operating in Alberta, either as an individual or as a corporation. Stream B requires global annual gross sales of $100,000 or more. For the same expense, you have not applied to the Emerging Opportunities Program.

Eligible Activities

Applicants can apply for activities under one or more of these funding categories: – Processing Capacity Expansion; – Food Safely Improvement; – New Product and Process Development; or – Market Development and Access.

Deadline to Apply

Speak with a member of our team about current intakes for this program and other funding programs your business may be eligible for.

800+

Annual Funding Applications Supported

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Amount of Funding

The Program has 2 streams:

Stream A:

Applications are assessed based on eligibility criteria; and
Receive up to a maximum amount of $50,000.

Stream B:

Applications are assessed based on eligibility criteria and merit scoring; and
Receive up to a maximum amount of $250,000.

For both streams:

Capital expense capped at 25%; and
Non-Capital expenses capped at 50% up to a max. of $50,000 including Travel expenses capped at $5,000.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for this program, applicants must meet this criteria:

Be a Processor;
Be an individual or a corporation registered in Alberta that is operating in Alberta;
For Stream B, have $100,000 or greater in global annual gross sales; and
Not have applied to the Emerging Opportunities Program for the same expense.

Accessible Technology Program (ATP)

Eligible Activities

Applicants can apply for activities under one or more of these funding categories:

Processing Capacity Expansion;
Food Safely Improvement;
New Product and Process Development; and
Market Development and Access.

Eligible Activities

Program Deadline

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SCAP Alberta – Value-Added Program

Receive up to $250,000 in Agriculture Funding.