Articles

Practical articles on medical SR&ED, research grants, and non-dilutive funding for Canadian physicians, research teams, and medtech companies. Each guide answers one funding question, points to the records that matter, and links to official sources. For direct support, compare the funding services.

September 21, 2026 · 4 min read

Medical device verification, validation, and SR&ED

Verification and validation are essential to medical device development, but the labels do not decide SR&ED eligibility. The purpose of the testing does.

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September 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Can your Quebec medical corporation claim SR&ED?

Your medical corporation pays for part of a hospital study. Learn what to check before deciding whether it can claim SR&ED in Quebec.

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September 8, 2026 · 3 min read

When medical AI and imaging development may qualify for SR&ED

Training a medical model does not automatically qualify for SR&ED. The question is whether unresolved technical limits required systematic experiments.

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August 31, 2026 · 4 min read

Medical SR&ED claimant and evidence checklist

A practical checklist for identifying claimant questions and preserving the records behind medical SR&ED work.

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August 10, 2026 · 3 min read

Why a doctor-corporation agreement matters for SR&ED

A written agreement can help show whether a physician performed research as an employee of a medical corporation and which entity incurred the costs.

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August 2, 2026 · 3 min read

FRQS funding and medical SR&ED: what doctors need to trace

An FRQ sector Santé award does not automatically prevent an SR&ED claim, but the recipient, purpose, and use of the funding must be traced carefully.

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July 29, 2026 · 3 min read

Documentation habits that make a medical SR&ED claim defensible

Most labs already keep the records needed for an SR&ED claim. The key is making sure those records are dated, specific, and easy to find.

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July 20, 2026 · 3 min read

Routine data collection vs eligible experimentation in SR&ED

Two labs can run the same assay and get different SR&ED answers. The reason for collecting the data is what matters.

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July 14, 2026 · 2 min read

How CIHR and NSERC grants affect your SR&ED claim

A CIHR or NSERC grant does not automatically rule out SR&ED. It can reduce the costs used to calculate the credit.

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July 12, 2026 · 2 min read

What counts as scientific uncertainty in a medical SR&ED claim

A plain-language way to tell whether your medical research faced the kind of scientific uncertainty SR&ED requires.

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June 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Is my clinical trial eligible for SR&ED?

A clinical trial may include eligible SR&ED work when the team had to experiment because the answer was not already known.

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May 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Five SR&ED mistakes clinician-scientists make

Five common mistakes that can reduce a medical SR&ED claim, from missing research time to waiting too long to file.

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May 9, 2026 · 2 min read

What the CRA looks for in a medical SR&ED claim

A clear medical SR&ED claim connects the research question, the records, and the costs. Here is what that means in practice.

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