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Pre-competitive Networks and Strategic Sectoral Projects

RITA x Initia x CTAQ Prize

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To increase access to research for start-up companies and make food innovation more inclusive

5th RITA - CTAQ Network

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Join the pre-competitive network - Projects launch soon!

This platform of the Consortium RITA is divided into two components: Pre-competitive Networks and Strategic Sectoral Projects.

Firstly, Pre-competitive Networks bring together many companies and institutions that participate in a set of targeted research activities identified through industry-wide surveys and co-creation workshops involving food processing companies in Quebec.

On the other hand, Strategic Sectoral Projects aim to address a challenge faced by several food processing companies in a specific bio-food sector. Strategic Sectoral Projects are initiated by industry in consultation with the research community, who submit the application. This type of project requires a Stream 3 application which is evaluated by an expert committee.

"In my former role as R&D Director at the Moulins de Soulanges, I had the chance to connect with the academic body through the Consortium RITA over three years. With a limited budget, we collaborated on different research projects in which we had a direct or indirect interest.

This opportunity allowed me to strengthen my interaction with my clients by working with them on common technical issues in a structured framework alongside experienced food science researchers.

The Consortium RITA made fundamental research technically and financially accessible to us. It allowed us to have an opportunity to experience and put into practice the true meaning of open innovation."

- Chafik Baghdadi, President, Mill Tech Expert Inc.

The 平特五不中-CTAQ first network 鈥 Improving the lifespan of products and economically viable natural ingredients

The RITA-CTAQ second network - Integrate the research and transfer on 鈥渘aturality鈥, 鈥渟oft technologies鈥 and 鈥渟ustainability鈥

The third network for Quebec's fisheries and aquaculture industry

The fourth network - Enhancement of fruit and their co-products through the development of high value-added active supplements

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