The Incremental Project Grants (IPG) funding opportunity is a stream of the Tri-Agency Research Support Fund (RSF). Similar to the RSF grant, it provides support for the indirect costs of research, but for designated projects that support certain key strategic priorities.
The IPG provides eligible institutions with additional support for projects that focus on a set of priorities that cut across the RSF’s five existing categories of eligible expenses. The initial four IPG priority areas are:
- innovation and commercialization activities;
- facilities renewal, including deferred maintenance;
- information resources, including digital resources, open access and databases; and
- equity, diversity and faculty renewal (in the context of equity, diversity and inclusion).

In 2024/25, Waterloo received an allocation of $1,824,183. This allocation is divided across the following categories to support Waterloo’s research objectives:
Performance objectives
Innovation and Commercialization Activities
Building a culture of inclusive innovation
2024-2025
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Accelerating and amplifying Waterloo commercialization campus connectivity
2023-2024
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2022-2023
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Implementing inclusion in commercialization
2023-2024
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Increase commercialization of research particularly focusing on researchers from the FDG
2021-2022
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Commercialization - funds for women entrepreneurs
2020-2021
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Facilities Renewal
Expansion of Velocity student entrepreneurial workspace
2024-2025
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Velocity entrepreneurial student space renewal
2023-2024
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Enhancing infrastructure: Equipment for Animal Welfare
2024-2025
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Facilities enrichment project for central research facility
2023-2024
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Indigenous Longhouse Renovation
2022-2023
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Central Research Facility Regulatory Equipment, Software and Maintenance
2021-2022
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Indigenous Longhouse Renovation
2021-2022
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Central Research Facility
2020-2021
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Aquatics Facility
2020-2021
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Information Resources
Increasing capacity to measure key performance indicators of research impact
2024-2025
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2023-2024
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Implementation of Waterloo's Institutional Data Management Strategy
2024-2025
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2023-2024
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Development of Waterloo's Institutional Data Management Strategy
2022-2023
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Optimizing Climate and Environment Data Discoverability through the Implementation of the Waterloo Climate Institute's OpenDAP Services
2022-2023
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Development of Waterloo's Institutional Data Management Strategy
2021-2022
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Equity, Diversity and Faculty Renewal (in the context of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization (EDII) Research Support
2024-2025
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2023-2024
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2022-2023
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization (EDII) Projects - Program Support
2021-2022
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Equity , Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization (EDII) Projects - EDII Team Support
2021-2022
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization (EDII) Projects - EDII Team Support Office of Research
2020-2021
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization (EDII) Projects - Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion Office
2020-2021
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Incremental Project Grant 2023/2024 - Total amount awarded $1,888,608

Incremental Project Grant 2022/2023 - Total amount awarded $1,926,172

2021/2022 - Total amount awarded $1,965,896

2020/2021 - Total amount awarded $1,575,513

2019/2020 - Total amount awarded $1,305,532

2018/2019 - Total amount awarded $1,014,311


- Inclusive Research team impact on grant reviews
- Research Data Management Institutional Strategy launched
- Learning what it takes to build a business through Up Start
- Longhouse Labs shares knowledge, history with the community
- New space for Longhouse Labs to open in 2023
- Establishing a research data management strategy
- Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in contract research and commercialization
- New role to provide strategic leadership for EDI
- New role enhances Indigenous research at Waterloo