Aerospace receives first OCE association voucher award

The Ontario Centres of Excellence has made its first award under the Voucher for Industry Association R&D Challenge (VIA) program to the Ontario Aerospace Council. Projects will begin in Ontario within a $2.5 million voucher envelope specific to aerospace. Vouchers can be up to $500,000 and are co founded by OCE (40%), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (40%) and industry (20%). VIA is one of several voucher types contained the OCE's Collaboration Voucher Program. The Ontario aerospace industry had 2012 sales of $6.5 billion and has a strong value chain....