Transport Canada – Ballast Water Innovation Program
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire within unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 4th, May 2023
External Deadline: Wednesday 10th, May 2023
Description
The Ballast Water Innovation Program (BWIP) is supporting Transport Canada’s efforts to implement the 2021 Ballast Water Regulations. Vessels need to use a Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) to comply with the Regulations and reduce the risk of introducing and spreading aquatic invasive species in Canada. The BWIP will help industry address technical and operational challenges with BWMS in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River (GLSLR) region, whose waters are cold, fresh, and mixed with sediment.
Specifically, the objectives of the BWIP are to provide funding, in the form of contributions, to implement projects that will:
- – support industry efforts to advance solutions to address technical challenges with the installation, operation and maintenance of BWMS on vessels in the GLSLR region thereby increasing environmental protection; and
- – increase the availability of data/information on the installation, operation and maintenance of BWMS in the GLSLR to: inform the implementation of the Regulations; inform Canada-U.S. discussions about regulatory compatibility; and support Canada’s international efforts to improve the Ballast Water Management Convention.
More details can be found here.
The application period for the Ballast Water Innovation Program is open. We are accepting applications until May 10, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
Downloads
BWIP-Gabarit-Proposition de projet
BWIP-TMPL-BUDGET AND CASHFLOW-(ENG)
BWIP-TMPL-PROJECT PROPOSAL APPLICATION