Apply for a wage subsidy to help cover part of the cost of hiring a full-time recent Masters or PhD graduate for 3 years to work on export growth innovations for your business. Eligible work includes:

• Applied research
• Product and/or service development
• Process development or improvement
• Market analysis for a new product or activity
• Technical feasibility studies and pilots for market launches
• Improvement of product quality, customer services, business efficiencies

This program is available to small and medium-sized businesses with up to 500 full-time employees operating in Nova Scotia. To be eligible for the program, employers must create a new full-time position that:

• is based in Nova Scotia
• is focused on innovation
• pays at least $60,000 a year

The new hire must have successfully completed a master’s or PhD program at a recognized university within a year of the date the employer’s application is received.