Voucher Recipients
NSCC's Forest Innovation Voucher Program supports projects that propel business growth in the sector with funding grants of up to $50,000. Total funding for this program is approximately $2 million from the Forestry Innovation Transition Trust. View program application information.
List of approved projects
This chart will be updated as new applications are approved and funding agreements are processed.
| Voucher Recipient | Project | Amount Received |
|---|---|---|
| 11979787 Canada Inc. | Birch bark extract | $25,000 |
| 11979787 Canada Inc. | Growing Maskwiomin company through marketing and business strategies (tier 2) | $50,000 |
| 4003403 Nova Scotia Limited | Alternative forest management project | $25,000 |
| ACFOR Energy Inc. | Innovating biomass system design, operation and training (tier 1) | $25,000 |
| ACFOR Energy Inc. | Innovating biomass system design, operation and training (tier 2) | $50,000 |
| Athol Forestry Cooperative Limited | Project categories: entrepreneurship, forest management | $25,000 |
| Avon Valley Floral Inc. | Bundle of birch - value adding NFTPs for online selling | $25,000 |
| Cape Breton Privateland Partnership | Modernizing current information system | $25,000 |
| CFC Climate Forest Company Inc. | Scoping nature credits as mechanism for restoration of Acadian-Wabanaki forest | $25,000 |
| Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia | Initiation of new somatic embryogenesis clonal varieties of balsam fir (tier 1) | $25,000 |
| Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia | Reducing somatic embryogenesis seeding mortality by improved greenhouse environmental controls | $25,000 |
| Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia | Cryopreservation, seedling production, and initiation of new somatic embryogenesis varieties of balsam fir (tier 2) | $50,000 |
| Community Forests International | Npilaneg Wksu'skik (translation from Mi'kmaq: let's heal the hemlocks) | $25,000 |
| FRC - Forest Resource Consultants Inc. | Silvics of white spruce | $25,000 |
| FRC - Forest Resource Consultants Inc. | Extent and severity of Fiona windthrow in central Nova Scotia | $25,000 |
| Greg Watson - Private Landowner | Small scale ecological forestry | $25,000 |
| Growing Forestlands Inc. | Marketing community-led natural climate solutions | $25,000 |
| Healthy Forest Consulting | Field trials testing systemic insecticides for protection of American beech from the invasive beach leaf-mining weevil | $25,000 |
| J.C. Contracting | Using tree shears for various thinning applications | $25,000 |
| LumberZachs Milling | LumberZachs portable sawmill business | $25,000 |
| MacMillan Forest Inc. | Testing latest European technology to reduce soil disturbance | $25,000 |
| Medway Community Forest Co-operative Ltd. | Modelling timber and cultural landscapes in the Medway Community Forest | $25,000 |
| Medway Community Forest Co-operative Ltd. | Training Program for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Treatment in Nova Scotia | $25,000 |
| Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute Co-operative Limited | Woodlands for wildlife | $25,000 |
| Murray A. Reeves Forestry Limited | Project categories: entrepreneurship, forest management | $25,000 |
| North Nova Forest Owners Co-operative Limited | Forest inventory and modelling | $25,000 |
| Nova Scotia Landowners & Forest Fibre Producers Association | Woodlot information system innovation (tier 1) | $25,000 |
| Nova Scotia Landowners & Forest Fibre Producers Association | Woodlot information system innovation (tier 2) | $50,000 |
| Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust | Carbon inventory pilot | $25,000 |
| Port Hawkesbury Paper Limited | At-risk birds critical habitat modelling for strategic planning (tier 1) | $25,000 |
| Port Hawkesbury Paper Limited | At-risk birds critical habitat modelling for strategic planning (tier 2) | $50,000 |
| R D A Atlantic Inc. | Biochar planting pot | $25,000 |
| Reg Leonard - Private Landowner | Small sawmill expansion to diversify product line and utilize off species | $25,000 |
| Round Barn Farm | Novel forestry tool - mini excavator and TMK tree shear | $25,000 |
| Scott and Stewart Forestry Consultants | Development and procurement of new growing medium for Nova Scotia's forests | $25,000 |
| Stevens Solutions & Design Inc. | Qualification and advancement of rigorized wildfire 3D liDAR modelling (tier 1) | $25,000 |
| Stevens Solution & Design Inc. | Usability analysis and go-to-market strategy for rigorized 3D wildfire LiDAR modelling (tier 2) | $50,000 |
| Torchlight Bioresources Inc. | Feasibility study for a Port Hawkesbury-wide low carbon district heating system using industrial excess bioheat | $25,000 |
| Torchlight Bioresources Inc. | First Nations participation options in the New Glasgow biomass CHP plant. | $25,000 |
| Ulnooweg Education Centre | Asitu'lisk forest management plan | $25,000 |
| Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources Society | Nova Scotia conservation and biodiversity network and framework | $25,000 |
| Western Woodlot Services Cooperative Ltd. | Mechanized silviculture - supporting entrepreneurship and exploring efficiency | $25,000 |