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.
$176,000.00
Nov 1, 2024
Academia
Developing Large Language Models with Reasoning Ability for Intelligent Design in Material Search
1019797
Recently, revolutionary progress has been made on large language models (LLMs) such as the GPT/Llama series, among others. Since the models provide unprecedented capabilities in representing and accessing knowledge, they have started to be used in scientific discovery/design, a new research trend that is still at its infant stage but will have a transformative impact.
An essential component that is seriously understudied is reasoning for intelligent design. Reasoning is one of the most basic components of intelligence, which draws conclusions from existing knowledge. Without a solid reasoning ability, the progress that can be achieved for AI for design is seriously limited.
The project aims to develop novel LLMs with enhanced reasoning. In a feasible setup, the project focuses on material discovery. The team targets two key objectives: (i) Developing novel reasoning models to effectively narrow down the search space of material design. (ii) Researching better graph networks to represent materials and building LLM-based agents to find material design solutions.
$275,000.00
Nov 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Action Heat Map and Time Series Analysis for Training Content Improvement
1021596
Heatmap viewing tool for analyzing 4D real world data
$75,000.00
Nov 1, 2024
For-profit organization
MNC Collab - IEVSSP - IAVI Elarex VSV Stability Study POC
1023443
As part of Multinational Corporate Collaboration Program, the project “IAVI Elarex VSV Stability Study POC” will focus on proving that the Elarex formulation and process to stabilize a VSV vectored vaccine, is effective when used with IAVI's Marburg virus vaccine.
$28,456,300.00
Nov 1, 2024
Government
Natural Infrastructure - Urban Forest Canopy Expansion
2023 CFP 189
This project advances the Government of Canada commitment to plant an additional two billion new trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader approach to nature-based climate solutions.
$181,150.00
Nov 1, 2024
Other
DEVELOPMENT OF A CANADIAN STANDARD FOR SMALL SOLID BIOMASS COMBUSTORS
BH-OD-102
This project promotes energy independence and creates jobs and economic development opportunities in a Canadian rural or remote community. The purpose of this project is to decrease greenhouse gas emissions through the reduction of diesel use for electricity generation in Canada's remote communities and remote industrial sites.
$683,837.00
Nov 1, 2024
Indigenous recipients
Small-Scale Geothermal Heat Pump Pilot Project
CERRC-I-011
This project promotes energy independence and creates jobs and economic development opportunities in a Canadian rural or remote community.
$350,000.00
Nov 1, 2024
Indigenous recipients
SWAN RIVER BIOENERGY PROJECT
IFI2425N4
This project is mostly about the participation in the forest bioeconomy and Indigenous forest economic development opportunities.
$1,800,000.00
Nov 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Automation of Wood Sorting and Conditionning for the Creation of Value-Added Products
IFIT23_MULTR
This project will install innovative technology in a forest products facility in Canada.
$500,000.00
Nov 1, 2024
Government
Upstream inventories for downstream applications
GC-130457S
Build a quantitative roadmap for Nova Scotia's critical minerals value chain
$499,880.00
Nov 1, 2024
Government
Hollistically Modelling the Critical Minerals Potential of Nova Scotia
GC-130455S
Modelling and office-based research