Sure.
I think within certain applied research grants these days there is provision for IP funds for filing. For example, the NSERC I2I is a great example of having funding available for patenting. I think that's great.
I think where there is a little bit of a disconnect is perhaps with a lot of funding available through NSERC—and we love this funding, don't get me wrong—such as the Engage grants, the Interaction grants, and the CRDs. All of these are ways of connecting industry with the university and promoting that collaborative research. But there is no IP funding at the end of it. One of the things we often hear from companies is that it's great that this has been developed, but they don't have the money to protect it either.
If there were IP funding available to help with the protection of those technologies and those innovations developed through collaborative research, I think that would go a long way to helping companies work with the university even further to bring those innovations to market.