New Ventures BC will be able to continue strong and expand it’s outreach thanks to new funding and resources from the BC Innovation Council (BCIC), the National Research Council (NRC) and Western Economic Diversification (WED). The funding is as follows:

• From BCIC: the funding of a half-time position in each of their regional offices to promote NVBC.
• From NRC: $55,000 for regional mentorship.
• From WED: $129,360 annually for three years.

This year has seen more competitors from outside the Lower Mainland than in any previous year. “We are absolutely delighted with the support we have received to more actively regionalize NVBC,” says NVBC chair Ernie Love. “Not only has it been validated by increased regional participation in this year’s competition, but we will spend time over the fall and winter working with the regional science councils to attract even more competitors from across BC.”

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