I am not in a position to answer your question because Coalia is both a technology access centre for Canada and a college centre for technology transfer, or CCTT, for Quebec. This means we have access to funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
In addition, like other CCTTs, we apply to funding programs for research projects. There is no doubt that money is the name of the game, and obtaining funding to carry out research projects is becoming increasingly difficult. In spite of everything, Coalia does quite well; we have a good success rate when we apply for funding. More money would obviously be welcome.
That said, Coalia also has a mining stream which offers a lot more money and scope for projects than the plastics stream.