The second cohort of TAC designations were awarded to six college and cégep applied research centres:

• Centre de développement et de recherche en imagerie numérique (CDRIN), Cégep de Matane, Matane, QC
• Kemitek (formerly OLEOTEK), Cégep de Thetford, Thetford Mines, QC
• Centre de métallurgie du Québec (CMQ), Cégep de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC
• National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC), Grande Prairie Regional College, Grande Prairie, AB
• Lambton Manufacturing Innovation Centre (LMIC), Lambton College, Sarnia, ON
• Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT), Sheridan College, Toronto, ON

The TACs began organizing regular meetings through the informal TACCAT Network to share best practices in business operations and recognized they faced common challenges in driving industry innovation, which could have been better supported by harmonious and standardized approaches to college applied research and the TAC model.

NSERC launches third TAC competition.