Canada

CA: Canada Québec  PRIMA Québec - Pôle Recherche Innovation Matériaux      

PRIMA Québec, the Advanced Materials Research and Innovation hub, supports and facilitates the advanced materials ecosystem by promoting collaborative innovation for the economic development of Quebec. It is the privileged catalyst between the industrial and research communities.

Mandate

• Support Quebec’s industrial and societal challenges by stimulating collaborative innovations between industries and researchers in the advanced materials sector;
• Facilitate access and increase support for leading-edge equipment users, while providing the expertise required for innovation projects;
• Ensure the transfer of knowledge by training and preserving the qualified personnel currently working within researcher-industry partnerships;
• Raise awareness toward health/security, societal, ethical and regulatory issues.

PRIMA is a leader in advanced materials through its knowledge of the ecosystem and its expertise when supporting companies – for a more competitive Quebec in a number of areas thanks to sustained growth in the advanced materials ecosystem.

As a Sectoral Industrial Research Group (SIRG), PRIMA Québec relies on financial support from both the Quebec government and the private sector when promoting research-industry relations.