Lab Services Incentive Program

Emissions Reduction Alberta’s Lab Services Incentive Program (LSIP) offers $4.5 million to help innovators access research and testing infrastructure at Alberta’s post-secondary institutions. The program will continuously intake projects until September 2029.

LSIP aims to improve collaboration and access to lab services for early-stage technology developers in Alberta. It’s designed to provide easier access, greater efficiency, and enhanced affordability when it comes to lab services.

LSIP provides up to 50% of eligible project costs to a maximum of $50,000 per project and $1.5 million annually. It makes critical laboratory and testing services more accessible and affordable for Alberta’s technology developers.

For detailed program information, download the program guide.
Review FAQS for Participants.

UCalgary Lab Service Offerings and Support

Advancing Canadian Water Assets (ACWA) supports companies with the research, development, piloting, validation, and de-risking of innovative water, stormwater, and wastewater treatment technologies through access to specialized testing facilities, experimental streams, and wastewater treatment infrastructure.

Dynamic Imaging Lab (DIL) provides companies with full-service scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging, elemental analysis, CryoSEM, and real-time in situ experiments, helping industry partners understand how materials, fluids, and processes behave and interact at microscopic scales over time.

Institutional Infrastructure for Innovation (III) lab supports industry with advanced chemical and materials analysis, multiphase core-flooding and EOR testing, environmental characterization, and custom bench-scale experimental services for technology development and validation.

Research, Instrumentation and Technical Support (RITS) lab provides companies with access to advanced materials characterization and chemical analysis services, and specialized technical expertise to support R&D, testing, and product development. Capabilities include thermal analysis, spectroscopy, particle analysis, elemental analysis, and more.

Faculty of Science Core Facilities: Chemical Instrumentation Facility (CIF) provides companies with advanced molecular characterization and analytical testing services through nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), mass spectrometry, and other specialized instrumentation to support chemical, pharmaceutical, materials, and life sciences research and development.

Companies can also request support who have identified lab services that will be provided by a research lab under the supervision of a UCalgary faculty member. Note that funds already at UCalgary cannot be reallocated for matching with the LSIP. Companies must provide new funds for the project. The Industry Liaison Office (ILO) team will work directly with faculty members to process and report on these requests.