Reinforce and drive technological leadership in aerospace

Roadmap 2035 and strategic studies to take part in aerospace technology leadership

R&D vectors offering countless opportunities for innovation

Faced with today’s and tomorrow’s challenges, we support you in putting forward your ideas for technological projects to accelerate developments aimed at meeting ambitious global carbon neutrality targets, the need for new air mobility products and services, and the rise of integrated digital aviation systems, while ensuring their acceptance by regulatory authorities and the public. CRIAQ positions your projects on the roadmap, giving them visibility both within the aerospace ecosystem and with other innovative sectors.

Read the Roadmap 2035, and learn about CRIAQ’s technological trajectories, project portfolios and transformation vectors.

Strategic work and studies to guide R&D: An approach focused on technological development and technical training

Whether the objective is to better understand the imperatives of technological transformation, or to analyze the environmental, economic, or societal context, the CRIAQ team, in collaboration with industrialists and public research members, reflects on and undertakes strategic analyses. These studies, marked by technological leadership and aerospace expertise, are designed to help you steer your collaborative R&D projects, while promoting cutting-edge research and skills development. This way, we work together to achieve significant technological aerospace breakthroughs.

Collaboration with aviation authorities to facilitate our members' R&D activities

We monitor the evolving requirements of regulatory authorities to ensure that your collaborative R&D projects meet current and future air mobility needs. CRIAQ is connected with national and international regulatory and supervisory authorities, to boost technological advances and take steps towards certification for safe and secure air mobility. We aim to support or facilitate our members’ R&D activities in civil aviation.

Call and initiatives

Innovative initiatives to stimulate diversity, creativity, technological development and the emergence of talent

The rapid and sustained changes associated with technological transitions create an ongoing need for cutting-edge talent and a new generation of students representing the next generation of scientific and technological visionaries (Masters, PhD, post-doctorate).

To nurture this pool of emerging talent, CRIAQ develops and promotes a variety of programs, project calls and challenges involving a wide range of disciplines, while stimulating innovation and cutting-edge aerospace research.

Open call

Call for proposals

Accelerating-Innovation: Coaching for SMEs and Start-Ups

Acceleration-Innovation helps aerospace SMEs and start-ups face market challenges and strengthen their position in the supply chain through innovation. A personalized executive coaching service, the program is tailored to the specific needs of each company, enabling them to develop a more robust R&D strategy, as well as a business strategy that will enable them to seize new opportunities.

On-going

Deadline: 31/12/2025

Open call

Call for applications

Envol Start-Up Grants – 2025 Edition

The “CRIAQ Envol Start-Up” grants are aimed at Quebec start-ups active in the aerospace sector. This year, CRIAQ is proud to announce that the firm Ernst & Young will participate in the program. Together, they will award two grants of $10,000 each, to support the technological development of two start-ups. The goal of these grants…

On-going

Submit an application

Deadline: 09/05/2025

Closed call

Call for applications

Scholarship Program for the Next Generation of Women in Aerospace – 2025 edition

CRIAQ and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature and Technologies sector (FRQ) aim to stimulate diversity, creativity, talent development, and the emergence of innovative and technological entrepreneurs. For the 5th edition, the annual scholarship program is dedicated to encouraging the next generation of women to choose university studies in aerospace. This program will award a total of 10 scholarships, with a cumulative value of $125,000.

This call is closed.

Stay tuned for upcoming calls and initiatives from CRIAQ.

Closed call

Call for applications

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program – Sustainable Aerospace – 2025 edition

The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature and Technologies sector (FRQ) and CRIAQ are joining forces to launch this postdoctoral fellowship program. The program offers an opportunity for a candidate, who is pursuing a postdoctoral research internship of an average duration of two (2) years, to carry out their postdoctoral project in the aerospace field. The maximum financial support is $40,000.

This call is closed.

Stay tuned for upcoming calls and initiatives from CRIAQ.

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Reinforce and drive technological leadership in aerospace

Would you like to position yourself as a leader and contribute to technological development, while enriching your expertise in aerospace?

Roadmap 2035 and strategic studies to take part in aerospace technology leadership

R&D vectors offering countless opportunities for innovation

Strategic work and studies to guide R&D: An approach focused on technological development and technical training