Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Located in Victoria, British Columbia, Camosun College's two main campuses, Lansdowne and Interurban, together with our five satellite partnership centres, serve over 19,000 learners in certificate, diploma, bachelor degree, post-degree and continuing education programs every year, including 1,100 Indigenous students and close to 2,000 International students from 80 countries. Our impact as a college extends beyond Camosun's highly skilled, job-ready graduates; we prepare well-trained co-op students for employers, provide contract training opportunities for local business, and offer innovative applied research and prototyping services for local industry. With over 1,000 employees and an annual budget of $126 million, Camosun generates over $1 billion worth of economic impact in our province every year. This is a first research partnership between Avcorp Industries Inc. and Camosun Innovates which will produce exciting new developments in virtual environments that enable design, rapid experimentation, and testing of cost-saving approaches at full operational scale without incurring full operational expenses. The Avcorp Group designs and builds major airframe structures for some of the world's leading aircraft companies, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier, Lockheed Martin and Subaru Corporation. The Avcorp Group has more than 60 years of experience, over 700 skilled employees and 636,000 square feet of facilities