Expressions of interest are now open for the second round of UBC Blusson QMI’s Nanofabrication Accelerator Program in partnership with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), Innovation UBC, and the Creative Destruction Lab-Vancouver. Up to $18,000 of funding is available per project, each of which will be limited to a maximum duration of 6 months.

The program will provide eligible small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with specialized nanofabrication services, including but not limited to maskless photolithography, 100kV electron-beam lithography, photonic wire-bonding, and a range of processes for thin film deposition and etching. Services will be offered on a per-usage fee basis, including SME staff training for using the various tools and professional assistance from the facility’s technical staff.

As part of UBC Blusson QMI, ANF partners have access to 25 multidisciplinary teams of physicists, chemists, and engineers with expertise in areas including but not limited to materials synthesis, quantum sensing, clean energy, quantum algorithms, and quantum computation.

Current industry clients use the ANF for design, hybrid integration, and testing of silicon photonic chips for applications in quantum computing, quantum networking, biomedical sensing, automotive LiDar, and data communications.

The program is scheduled to run until September 2025 and can accommodate only a limited number of projects. SMEs interested in taking advantage of our enhanced technical innovation capabilities for enabling faster technology deployment and commercialization in their relevant industrial sectors are encouraged to submit an expression of interest by contacting UBC Blusson QMI Facilities Director Pinder Dosanjh at pinder.dosanjh@ubc.ca.

To learn more about the ANF, please see here.

A virtual tour of the facility is available here.