Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$100,000.00
Jan 24, 2024
Academia
Completing the SMACS 0723 NIRISS WFSS EROs
23JWGO2A02
Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data.
This project will use new NIRISS F150W observations to complete “Webb’s First Deep Field” Early Release Observations (EROs) of the field. The current NIRISS EROs are limited to F115W and F200W settings only, missing the middle F150W filter. The new F150W observations will enable a wealth of science for the z=0.39 cluster galaxies in the field that was not previously achievable with the F115W and F200W filters.
$295.00
Jan 23, 2024
Individual or sole proprietorship
Canadian Student Participation in space conferences and training events
23CONFACOR
The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international level.
$250.00
Jan 23, 2024
Individual or sole proprietorship
Canadian Student Participation in space conferences and training events - DASP Meeting - Babu Sneha
23CONFASNE
The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international level.
$250.00
Jan 23, 2024
Individual or sole proprietorship
Canadian Student Participation in space conferences and training events
23CONFASWA
The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international level.
$1,000.00
Jan 23, 2024
Individual or sole proprietorship
Canadian Student Participation in space conferences and training events
23CONFBSHA
The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international level.
$950.00
Jan 23, 2024
Individual or sole proprietorship
Canadian Student Participation in space conferences and training events
23CONFBTHI
The objective of this AO is to support Canadian students to participate in national and international space conferences and training events that will offer them the opportunity to learn about and be involved in the latest developments in space science and technology, to develop their professional network, and in some cases, present their research results at the national and international level.
$60,000.00
Jan 15, 2024
Academia
Investigating the Morphology, Morphometry, and Formation of Transitional Craters that Host the LRM Candidate Landing Sites
23EXPLRM
This project will use a combinaison of remote sensing data analysis and simulations of impact crater formation to improve the understanding of the geological context and history of top LRM candidate landing sites. It will characterize the three large transitional craters of Haworth, Shoemaker, and Faustini. Additionally, detailed crater profiles will be used to serve as benchmarks to match the profiles that will be generated in the numerical simulations. The project aim to investigate whether cometary impactors could have delivered the south pole's water ice while producing the key combination of these crater's morphologies: large (40+ km) diameters with very flat floors.
$14,216,200.80
Jan 1, 2024
International (non-government)
Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Basic Activities for the year 2024.
2019/27/2024
Canada’s annual assessed contribution to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Basic Activities for the calendar year 2024.
$2,000,000.00
Dec 14, 2023
For-profit organization
InspireSAT Constellations On-Demand: Direct Commercialization through 12U Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS) Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
22SIMA01P2
The recent reduction in launch costs has opened up potential for cost-efficient, high-performance, rapidly-deployable low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations. StarSpec Technologies specializes in high-precision high-accuracy Attitude Determination and Control Systems which are critical to the advancement of scientific, commercial, and military applications in space. StarSpec is directly addressing burgeoning demands in this sector through its InspireSAT Constellations On-Demand Initiative. This technology and related industrial capabilities will enable rapidly-deployable, high-precision and high-accuracy 12U to SmallSatclass constellations uniquely suitable for next-generation sustainable applications in high-resolution Earth-imaging/Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR), Space Situational Awareness (SSA)/ Space Domain Awareness (SDA), military surveillance, and research.
This project will enable rapid commercial access to LEO while fostering growth through training of a critical mass of highly qualified personnel (HQP), thereby increasing Canadian space technologies prevalence and market share. StarSpec has received significant interest in this technology from Universities to collaborate on their projects, and is continuing to gain solid traction from the commercial sector.
$2,000,000.00
Dec 11, 2023
For-profit organization
On-Orbit Demonstration of Grating Spectrometer Technology for Satellite-Based Methane Monitoring
22STDPP04
GHGSat’s current satellites are equipped with a wide-angle Fabry-Pérot (WAF-P) imaging spectrometer that measures the vertical column abundances of anthropogenic methane. The purpose of the project is the on-orbit demonstration of a next generation grating spectrometer.
The objective being sought is to achieve a major improvement in the methane detection threshold compared to the WAF-P spectrometer. The proposed demonstration contributes to Canada’s National Strategy for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.