In preparation for utilizing the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency's Microgravity Sciences Program (CSA MSP) is developing space hardware and supporting science in order to meet the needs of the Canadian scientific community. The utilisation philosophy includes a permanent presence on ISS on an EXPRESS rack. A Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount (MIM) Base Unit will host simple visiting payloads in each of our research fields of materials science, protein crystal growth, and fluid science. Ground support, especially in the field of protein crystal growth (PCG), will be emphasized, in order to increase science success. Through the previous PCG missions the CSA has gained experience in this field. With our accumulated knowledge and an opportunity to utilize the Canadian allocation on ISS, we are now in a good position to fulfill the requirement of providing access to space through the use of a new, Canadian-designed apparatus built to meet our particular needs. The hardware development process, ground operations, and science support are being addressed as a single program, sharing resources at different phases of the project. The five main components of the program that will be discussed in this project are: Concept studies, Flight hardware development, Benchmark protein set, CSA PCG Mission Support Centre, and Science support. Crown Copyright