CABHI’s program offers innovators up to $500,000

TORONTO – To recognize Brain Awareness Week and Brain Health Awareness Month, on March 12, 2025, the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, will be launching Fuel – a new program to mobilize healthtech, biotech, and fintech solutions to support the increased need for brain health innovations.

Fuel offers up to $500,000 CAD in funding and acceleration services to Canadian researchers and start-up companies, empowering them to achieve research, development, and validation milestones with the ultimate goal of getting their solutions to the people who need them most.

Canadian researchers and companies encounter barriers when accessing capital and value-added services to support research and development, product and service refinement, pivotal validation, and pilot trials. These barriers can erode market competitiveness and growth while also delaying novel ideas from solving the most complex problems faced by older persons.

CABHI’s Fuel program is designed to target these challenges by offering Canadian innovators up to to $500,000 CAD to support:

• Research & development
• Product testing
• Validation activities

In addition to funding, successful applicants will gain access to CABHI’s Acceleration Services. Acceleration Services include learning and networking opportunities through the Ignite Learning Series, which features subject matter experts from various industries.

Some key dates:

Applications Open
March 12, 2025

Applications Close
April 23, 2025

Shortlist Notification
May 2, 2025

Due Diligence Process
May 2 – May 21, 2025

Applicant Notification
May 30, 2025

Start Date
June 1, 2025

To date, CABHI has launched over 500 projects and introduced over 150 solutions into real-world settings. We will continue to expand on this impact by actively engaging and supporting even more researchers and innovators with this new program.