The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is looking for grant applicants to its new, $2 million Climate Change Mitigation Fund, and the deadline is Oct. 16.

NBIF and economic development agency Opportunities New Brunswick created the fund to accelerate the development and implementation of technology for climate change mitigation and adaptation, building on $1.5 million of grants handed out by a similar Climate Impact Fund that NBIF administered over the last two years as part of its applied research funding activities.

“The fund is open to researchers working in all fields of applied research and aims to support a broad range of climate solutions,” says NBIF on its website. “These include those projects with strong potential for the development of new technology that could be scaled-up for implementation in a commercial and/or industrial context, as well as projects that will give a greater understanding of how climate change will impact our natural environment and communities.”

Researchers can apply for up to $90,000 of grants, but they must be able to complete their project in two years and have at least one non-academic partner.

Examples of grants made by the prior Climate Impact Fund include $90,000 for University of New Brunswick engineering professor Andrew Gerber to study low-emission propulsion systems for the maritime industry and $60,000 for Saint John-based Victory Advanced Technologies to test its design for an electric motor that requires fewer precious metals to manufacture.

You can learn more and apply here.