National Research Council Canada (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) supports up to 80 per cent of project costs at the industry partner for internal technical salaries and up to 50 per cent for third-party contracted work related to the project, up to $20,000 per Voucher for Innovation and Productivity I (VIP I) project. The company’s contributions to the IRAP project can be used as their in-kind contributions for the OCE project.