[Press release]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2025
Over $5.9 million in funding allocated by Prompt to collaborative innovation projects
Montreal, June 13, 2025 – Prompt announced today the funding it has awarded through its Collaborative Innovation program. In total, more than $5.9 million has been allocated to support thirteen projects involving both academic researchers and Quebec companies.
For Prompt, grants from this program represent a substantial portion of its contributions in 2024–2025, which total $20,092,602 across all programs.
The projects, developed collaboratively, aim to bring forth new solutions and expertise for a stronger and more resilient Quebec. They cover areas such as microelectronics, telecommunications, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, optics/photonics, and quantum technology. Solutions are targeted at industrial sectors, cloud computing, manufacturing 4.0, and healthcare, to name a few.
Their impact includes, for example, reducing dependence on global supply chains, increasing network resilience, improving manufacturing processes, and training the next generation in sectors experiencing severe shortages (see details of projects in the appendix).
As one of nine industrial research clusters, Prompt is a key player in innovation in the strategic digital technologies sector. The organization brings together stakeholders from academia and industry to foster fruitful collaborations that lead to applied research projects.
Prompt’s Collaborative Innovation Program is supported by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, and Energy through the Research and Innovation Organizations Support Program (PSO) and contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the Quebec Strategy for Research and Innovation Investment (SQRI2).
“Sector-Based Industrial Research Clusters (SIRC) play an essential role in the implementation of Quebec’s Research and Innovation Investment Strategy. By connecting players in the innovation cycle in the information technology sector, Prompt makes a significant contribution to Quebec’s economic growth. The research and development stage is often very costly for companies, and we are delighted to be able to fund projects that show promise for Quebec society.” Christopher Skeete, Minister for the Economy, Minister Responsible for the Fight Against Racism, and Minister Responsible for the Laval Region
“Technological innovation is essential to increasing the productivity and competitiveness of Quebec businesses, while promoting sustainable solutions. Through collaborative innovation, Prompt brings together researchers and businesses with complementary challenges and expertise so that they can co-develop solutions. The interdisciplinary R&D teams thus formed create strong partnerships to strengthen their position in the local and international markets,” said Dominique St-Louis, Executive Director of Prompt.
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Émilie Delvoye
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Prompt
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Appendix 1
Description of projects supported by Prompt in 2024-2025
| Research and development institutions | Companies | Project description | Total cost | Funding granted |
| Productique Québec | Exonetik | Adjusting additive manufacturing design rules to accommodate the specific geometric capabilities of metal powder bed fusion technology equipment | $114 153 | $51 153 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | Teledyne Dalsa | Engineering of thin film microstructure for the microelectronics industry | $1 697 818 | $332 827 |
| Université Concordia | ERA Environmental | Integrating artificial intelligence into environmental management: advancing sustainability and efficiency in manufacturing reporting | $465 761 | $212 190 |
| INRS | OELAND | Development of a compact and robust ultra-fast Ytterbium laser system for nonlinear optical microscopy | $171 108 | $76 608 |
| Polytechnique Montréal | Ericsson Ciena Efficios AMD Canada | Development, debugging, and monitoring of heterogeneous computers at exaflop scale | $2 248 945 | $674 533 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | Laser Components Broadcom | Laser and photoconductive power transducers | $2 26 6 213 | $1 012 213 |
| Université Laval | Exfo Femtum | Quantized and corrected photonic integrated circuits (QC-PIC) | $1 712 000 | $782 000 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | SB Quantum | Derisking of a nano-integrated ODMR system | $422 847 | $184 015 |
| Université Concordia | Ericsson | Strengthening cyber resilience and security of 5G networks through automation and AI. | $2 572 696 | $347 646 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | PASQAL | Quantum artificial intelligence with neutral atoms | $1 850 386 | $844 132 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | Umicore et LCC | LASERS: Leveraging advanced substrate epitaxy for reusable optoelectronic substrates | $2 784 228 | $918 228 |
| INRS | Axis Photonique | Towards the commercialization of ultra-high-speed photography using compressed optical scanning (phase 2b) | $251 601 | $106 228 |
| Université Concordia | Ericsson Canada | Comprehensive approach to securing cloud-native telecommunications environments | $1 580 303 | $365 951 |
| Total : | $18 138 059 | $5 907 724 | ||
