An SR&ED claim lives at the meeting point of three worlds: the laboratory, the factory floor, and the funding program. Most advisors stand in one of them. Grantwork was built to connect all three.
Nearly a decade in academic research: the training to see exactly where established knowledge ends and genuine technological uncertainty begins, and to document the path through it.
Years inside industrial R&D: products, formulations, processes and scale-up, with the commercial pressure behind them. The work SR&ED rewards, lived first-hand.
SR&ED, IRAP, Mitacs, NSERC, CanExport and the provincial credits. What each rewards, what each requires, and how to sequence them so they work together rather than against each other.
Every strong claim is a puzzle assembled from pieces that rarely sit in the same room. The scientist who ran the trials sees the uncertainty, but not the tax rules. The finance team sees the costs, but not the experiments. The program sees only what the documents show. Grantwork's work is joining those pieces: reading the science, understanding the business, and translating both into a claim the CRA can follow and verify.
The work sits at the intersection of technical depth and regulatory precision: clear T661 narratives, defensible labour and cost allocations, and documentation that holds up when the CRA asks questions, because it was prepared with those questions in mind. Grantwork works across engineering, manufacturing, life sciences, software, and food, and keeps every position evidence-based.
Grantwork supports first-time claimants and established R&D groups alike, alongside complementary programs such as IRAP and CanExport. The practice is deliberately boutique and led hands-on, with senior financial expertise in-house and specialised collaborators brought in when a file calls for it. Whether you are filing your first claim, strengthening an existing one, or responding to a review, the goal is the same: to claim the full, legitimate value of your work with a submission that stands up.
Grantwork's roots run through the academic research community, and the practice keeps those connections alive: scientists, university research groups, industry specialists, and a network of experienced consultants across Canada.
For clients, that means more than a claim. It can mean a research partnership through Mitacs, an introduction to an academic lab with the right capability, or specialised scientific judgment brought into an engagement when a project runs deep into a discipline. Innovation grows in an ecosystem, and Grantwork connects you to it.
Two things matter in a claim: that it holds up if the CRA reviews it, and that preparing it does not fall on the people who should be doing the actual work.
Filing a claim is one thing; preparing one that holds up under review is another. We place the technological uncertainty correctly, set the work against a clear question, reconcile the numbers, and prepare the documentation with the CRA's likely questions in mind. If a file is reviewed, the details are ready.
You should not have to spend your evenings writing technical narratives for the CRA. We handle the scoping, the interviews, the T661 write-up, the financial schedules, and any review response. You review and approve, and your team stays focused on the actual work.
We tell you early and plainly whether the work qualifies. We would rather flag a weak claim than file one that creates risk. Strong claims are supported carefully, and weaker ones are flagged early and honestly, so you can claim with confidence.