Partner Benefits

Partnering with AUTO21 can bring many advantages to companies and public-sector organizations.

Maximizing Dollars, Maximizing Returns

• Leverage small R&D budgets while providing guidance to the issues that affect your company the most

• For a modest investment, firms without internal R&D capabilities can access some of Canada's top minds to work on challenges of today and the near future.

• AUTO21 offers a way for companies to take advantage of Canada's research tax credits, which reduces the cost of research.

• Any intellectual property resulting from the projects belongs to the researchers and the industry partners. AUTO21 does not take an ownership role of IP generated by its projects.

• Most project partners can count on first rights to IP or commercialization, depending on the arrangements developed in collaboration with the research team.

Maximizing Brainpower, Maximizing Strength

• Tap into a national team of experts: AUTO21 can find the best researchers suited to your needs.

• Tap into vast pool of potential employees: each project provides valuable training to graduate and post-graduates students at universities across Canada. With exposure to a multidisciplinary approach and the issues facing the automotive sector, these young people will be the leaders of the future industry.

Depending on the circumstances, companies may join a project at its inception or midway through the project's lifespan. To best determine partnership opportunities, please contact the AUTO21 Administrative Centre at 519/253-3000, ext. 4130 or info@auto21.ca