MEOPAR Living Lab Fund
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Friday 13th, November 2026
External Deadline: Wednesday 18th, November 2026
Description
MEOPAR has opened a new Call for Proposals for the Living Lab Fund, supporting existing, place-based partnerships working to address coastal and marine challenges across Canada.
The Living Lab Fund is built for partnerships that are already collaborating on the ground and want to formalize that work as a Living Lab, bringing together coordination, community relationships, co-design, and real-world testing under one structure. This fund is meant to help these groups build operational capacity to sustain collaborative problem-solving over time.
Funded partnerships will pursue one or more of the following: strengthening multi-sector coordination and operations; involving local partners and knowledge holders directly in identifying priorities and co-designing solutions; developing, prototyping, and refining social or technical innovations for locally identified challenges; and supporting coastal resilience and climate adaptation through locally grounded solutions. A Living Lab must include a minimum of three confirmed partners, including the applicant organization, spanning at least two sectors, with a letter of support from each.
See here for more information
The submission portal opens in October 2026 at meopar.smapply.io, with proposals due November 18, 2026, at 23:59 Eastern time.
Interested in this opportunity and would like to learn more?