Lab2Market Prairies

Researchers across Manitoba and Saskatchewan are served by Lab2Market Prairies, the regional hub of Canada's national research commercialization initiative, hosted at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Stream lengths vary: Validate and Launch each run 16 weeks, Discover 10 weeks, and Validate Foundations three days. Validate's 16 weeks split into a four-week pre-programme, eight-week core and four-week close. Delivery is online and free of cost; Launch adds up to $10,000 in Mitacs stipends. No equity terms are published.

Investment

Not disclosed

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

16 weeks (Longer than North America median 13 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

remote

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Winnipeg, Canada

Sectors

• Deep Tech
• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://umanitoba.ca/partnerships-and-innovation/lab2market read 2026-09-21 — supports name, organization, city, duration weeks, duration note, cheque note, equity note, format, sectors, website, status
• https://www.lab2market.ca/validate read 2026-09-21 — supports duration weeks, duration note, cheque note, equity note, application url, contact email
• https://www.lab2market.ca/launch read 2026-09-21 — supports duration weeks, duration note, cheque note

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Last verified 2026-09-21.