Membership in Precarn
Precarn currently offers four categories of full membership plus a subscription membership. There are three membership categories for companies and organizations and one membership category for individuals. Individuals wishing to be informed of news and events from Precarn but do not wish to become a member may subscribe to the Precarn eNewsletter.
Corporate Membership ($495 or $995) >>Click to learn more...
-intended for companies both technology developers and users
- Large Companies
- Small Companies (Under $10 M Revenue and 100 Employees)
Alliance Membership ($995) >Click to learn more...
- intended for non-profit organizations such as academic organizations, research institutes, industry associations and public sector organizations.
Associate Membership ($2,495) >>Click to learn more...
- intended for companies and other organizations that supply goods and services to companies involved in intelligent systems R&D.
Individual Membership ($50, Students are Free) >>Click to learn more...
- is available for individuals who because their primary organization does not have a Precarn membership do not have access to an 'affiliated' individual membership. Such individuals include:
- Non-researchers or Members at Large (Employees of companies, public sector organizations, and other individuals)
- Academic Researchers
- Students
Subscription Only Membership (Free) >>Click to learn more...
-provides only subscription to IntelliNotes and IntelliAlerts from Precarn.
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Membership opens doors
There are many benefits of membership in the Precarn R&D Network:
An investment in your future
Precarn Incorporated is a national consortium of corporations, research institutes, and government partners working within the intelligent systems sector. Our Mission is to make Canadian firms more globally competitive through increased development and the use of intelligent systems.
Access to funding
R &D undertaken by Precarn members is eligible for funding of up to 40% of the developmental research costs. Funding is provided by federal and provincial agencies and private industry. Total funding, including private sector commitments, is expected to exceed $120 million during the period 2001 - 2005.
Access to partners
Precarn has a unique, fifteen-year track record of assembling collaborative research teams to accomplish collectively what individual companies could not accomplish alone. By finding and working with like-minded partners, you'll be able to share managerial and technical resources as well as financial risks.
Access to new technologies, markets and distribution channels
Precarn members are plugged into the largest intelligent systems network in the country consisting of first-rate people, programs and organizations throughout Canada.
Access to innovation
By taking advantage of collaborative research opportunities, you'll be able to accelerate the "innovation cycle," reducing your prototype development time. Both large national organizations and smaller local, start-up companies make up the Precarn network, providing a broad pool of expertise and experience upon which members can draw.
Access to expertise
One of Precarn's primary goals is to develop and sustain a cadre of highly qualified personnel in the Canadian intelligent systems field. Precarn membership links you directly with expert scientists and engineers as well as leading university researchers.
Access to opportunity
Intellectual property developed by Precarn project participants remains the property of those participants. Precarn itself retains no ownership.
Access to advice and information
Precarn's experts can give you valuable, time-saving advice on preparing R &D proposals. A variety of workshops, an annual conference and other events, provide excellent networking opportunities, often in collaboration with other organizations. Members are the first to learn about Precarn's research and development funding opportunities.
Subscription to IntelliNotes and IntelliAlerts
All categories of membership may elect to receive Precarn's newsletter called IntelliNotes and receive alerts from Precarn via its IntelliAlert email service. >>Click to subscribe to IntelliNotes
Comparison of Benefits by Membership Category
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Notes:
1 - Subscribers are able to receive questions from the Precarn network but not to pose them.
2 - A International IP online matching service provided via Flintbox.ca. Normally a $500/year service, this is included in the Precarn membership fee for the first year of service.
3 - Members are eligible for special pricing for SMARTLinkages Services
4 - 'Post' means members can post material, as well as view. 'View' means view only. All postings are subject to Precarn policy and applicability to the interests of the Precarn Network and Members.
5 - Also available as a RSS feed.
6 - Individual members may participate in Precarn projects, hence, could receive R&D funding.
7 - Alliance members can partner with Precarn to deliver various R&D Funding Programs.
8 - There are limitations on number of individual members allowed per Corporate or Alliance Member.
9 - Certain restrictions apply.
10 - Annual Renewal date is March 31. Partial year memberships are prorated to April 1 of next year.
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