{"id":17841,"date":"2025-02-26T15:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/?p=17841"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:22:54","slug":"canadas-ocean-supercluster-launches-the-ambition-2035-awards-to-recognize-top-innovators-in-the-ocean-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/canadas-ocean-supercluster-launches-the-ambition-2035-awards-to-recognize-top-innovators-in-the-ocean-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster Launches the Ambition 2035 Awards to Recognize Top Innovators in the Ocean Industry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"g-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1-1320x743.png 1320w, https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSC-AM2035-Awards-English-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&nbsp;<br>February 25, 2025&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p><strong>[Ottawa, ON]<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Today, Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) announced the launch of the Ambition 2035 Awards, a national competition to recognize innovative companies driving Canada\u2019s ocean economy toward $220 billion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>The Ambition 2035 Awards celebrates ocean companies that have demonstrated market need, scalability, commercial traction, and investment opportunity. Through a comprehensive judging panel, winners receive funding, mentorship, visibility, and access to global investors. Canadian companies developing innovative solutions for the ocean sector \u2013 from early-stage innovators to established leaders \u2013 are encouraged to apply and showcase their work on this national stage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>The Ambition 2035 Awards includes three award categories, with prizes totaling $55,000. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"g-container\">\n<li><strong>Blue Horizon Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Recognizing established companies with commercial success and market leadership. ($30,000 CAD)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<li><strong>Ocean Breakthrough Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Celebrating emerging companies introducing breakthrough ocean solutions. ($20,000 CAD)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<li><strong>People\u2019s Choice Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Awarded to the finalist with the most public engagement in a social media campaign. ($5,000 CAD)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>Finalists will receive full travel support to attend the Ambition 2035 Summit in Ottawa from May 21-23, where they will pitch their ideas directly to global investors and industry leaders. As well, they will receive expert coaching to strengthen investment pitches in advance of the Summit, and featured promotion across Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster social channels as they compete for the People\u2019s Choice Award.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>Applications open on February 25, 2025, with the application deadline on March 21, 2025. Finalists will be announced on April 25, 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>To apply or learn more, visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/ambition-2035-awards\/\">https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/ambition-2035-awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-30-&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p><strong>Media Contacts&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Nancy Andrews&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href=\"mailto:nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p><strong>About Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster accelerates the development and commercialization of made-in-Canada ocean solutions in energy transition, food security, future of transport, and climate change while also growing more companies, creating more jobs, and attracting ocean talent. As Canada\u2019s national ocean cluster, the OSC is a convenor of members, partners, and networks and a catalyst for transformative growth that helps build the robust ecosystem needed to help realize Ambition 2035 \u2013 a 5X growth potential in ocean in Canada by 2035. To date, the OSC has approved more than 100 projects which will deliver more than 220 new made-in-Canada ocean products, processes, and services to sell to the world. For more information visit oceansupercluster.ca &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"g-container\">\n<p>\u201cCanada has an opportunity to lead in the global ocean economy, and the Ambition 2035 Awards is our way of spotlighting the innovators who are making this possible,\u201d says Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster. \u201cThis initiative will bring visibility, investment, and growth opportunities to some of the most promising companies in the sector, while enabling overall growth of our ocean economy in line with Ambition 2035.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&nbsp;February 25, 2025&nbsp; [Ottawa, ON]&nbsp;\u2013 Today, Canada\u2019s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) announced the launch of the Ambition 2035 Awards, a national competition to recognize innovative companies driving Canada\u2019s ocean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":17830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}