Acronyms and abbreviations

3IT

Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation

ACELP

Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction

AI

Artificial Intelligence

BSE

(Bureau de soutien à l’entrepreneuriat)

C2MI

MiQro Innovation Collaboration Centre

CAD

Canadian dollars

Campus MIL

Campus of the University of Montréal

CCMM

Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal (Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain)

CCTT

College Centres for the Transfer of Technologies (Collège collégial de transferts de technologies)

CEE

(Centre d’entrepreneuriat et d’essaimage)

CÉGEP

Publicly funded two-year college (Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel)

CÉGEP of Gaspésie

(Cégep de la Gaspésie et des îles)

CÉGEP of Trois-Rivières

(Cégep de Trois-Rivières)

CÉGEP of Victoriaville

(Cégep de Victoriaville)

CEU

University Centre for Entrepreneurship (Centre d’entrepreneuriat universitaire)

CI

Council of Innovation of Québec

CIRI

Interdepartmental Committee for Research and Innovation

CIRIF

(Cellule Intégrée de Recherche, Innovation et Formation)

CMQ

Centre of Metallurgy of Québec

CQDM

Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery

CRIAQ

Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec

CRIBIQ

Consortium for Research and Innovation in Industrial Bioprocesses in Québec

CRISES

(Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales)

CRITM

Consortium for Research and Innovation in Metal Transformation

CTJS – CÉGEP of Saint-Jérôme

(Cégep de Saint-Jérôme)

D3

District 3

DECs

Diploma of College Studies

EE

Entrepreneurial Education

EECOLE

Entrepreneurial Education Collaboration and Engagement Network

ETHZ

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich

ETP

Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice

ETS

(École de technologie supérieure)

EU

European Union

EUQAR

(Entrepreneuriat UQAR)

FRQ

(Fonds de Recherche du Québec)

FRQNT

(Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et les technologies)

FRQS

(Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé)

FRQSC

(Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GoHE

Geography of Higher Education

GPA

(Groupe de partenariats d’affaires)

GRIR

Regional Research and intervention Group (Groupe régional de recherche et d’intervention)

HE

Higher education

HEI

Higher education institutions

I-INC

Innovation and Impact network of Canada

InnovÉÉ

Innovation in Electrical Energy

ISED

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

ITAQ

(Institut de technologie agroalimentaire du Québec)

IVADO

(Institut de valorisation des données)

IZ

Innovation Zones (Zones d’innovation)

KTM

Knowledge Transfer Manager

LFE

Linkable File Environment

MAIN

(Le Mouvement des accélérateurs d’innovation du Québec)

McGill

McGill University (Université McGill)

MEDTEQ

Consortium for Industrial Research and Innovation in Medical Technologies of Québec

MEIE

Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy of Québec

MES

Ministry of Higher Education (Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur) of Québec

MILA

Montréal Institute for Learning Algorithms

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MITACS

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PolyMTL

Polytechnique of Montréal (Polytechnique Montréal)

PRIMA

Québec Centre for Research and Innovation in Advanced Materials

PROMPT

Microelectronics oriented research partnership, photonics, ICT and Digital

R&D

Research and development

RSRIs

Industrial research sectoral groups (Regroupements sectoriels de recherche industrielle)

SBDC

Small Business Development Center

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SdN

Sentinelle du Nord

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SNEE

National student-entrepreneur status

SOPER

(Société de promotion économique de Rimouski)

SQ

(Sherbrooke quantique)

SQRI

(Stratégie québécoise de la recherche et de l’innovation) (2017-2022)

SQRI 2

(Stratégie québécoise de recherche et d’investissement en innovation) (2022-2027)

SVTQ

(Société de valorisation et de transfert du Québec)

TRLs

Technical readiness levels

TTOs

Technology transfer services

UAS

University of Applied Sciences

UBE

Unit for Bioentrepreneurship

UdL

Laval University (Université Laval)

UdM

University of Montréal (Université de Montréal)

UdS

University of Sherbrooke (Université de Sherbrooke)

UQ

University of Québec (Université du Québec)

UQAC

University of Québec at Chicoutimi (Université de Québec à Chicoutimi)

UQAR

University of Québec at Rimouski (Université de Québec à Rimouski)

UTSA

University of Texas San Antonio

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