CRIAQ and CARIC: An Innovation Journey - Insights on How to Build Successful Research and Development Collaborations in Aerospace: The Case of the Quebec and Canadian Ecosystems

The Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ) and the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC) are organizations whose missions are to facilitate collaboration of researchers from the aerospace industry, academia and research centres, and to launch initiatives whose primary purpose is to promote responsive, impactful R&D. This letter presents the distinctive characteristics of these models and their impact on Quebec and Canada’s aerospace innovation culture.