Grants and Contributions

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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.

1134857 records

$89,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Technical scoping and initial in-field experimentation of robotic apple harvesting

Agreement Number:

1034427

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
Description:

This project provides a feasibility analysis of developing a cost-effective apple harvesting robot. The outcomes will highlight critical technical challenges to address in future phases.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Baden, Ontario, CA N3A 3M3

$30,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Business Development Youth Project

Agreement Number:

1034429

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
Description:

AgriAssure will develop foundational business development capabilities through structured mentorship of a recent graduate in lead generation, partner research, CRM management and the creation of internal sales tools to support market expansion in Canada and LATAM, contributing to agricultural technology compliance solution growth.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T3C 0M5

$11,997.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

ARP - Development of an alcohol-free, low-sugar Asian wine-type beverage.

Agreement Number:

1034436

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
Description:

Development of an alcohol-free, low-sugar Asian wine-type beverage.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Quebec, Quebec, CA G1T 1P6

$630,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Ratings IQ: Enabling and Expanding IBRA’s Product Deployment Platform

Agreement Number:

1034440

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Mar 29, 2027
Description:

This project represents a comprehensive artificial intelligence initiative that will be strategically integrated across the entire IBRA product and service platform, significantly enhancing functionality, accuracy, and market value. Ratings IQ represents a transformative evolution in biomass supply chain assessment, combining advanced machine learning, predictive analytics, and natural language processing to dramatically enhance and expand the efficiency, market value and catalogue of IBRA’s rating services, and solidify Ecostrat’s position as the undisputed global leader for feedstock ratings in the cleantech sector.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M4V 1L5

$74,925.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

New supplemented beverage line

Agreement Number:

1034444

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
Description:

The project introduces a new product to add to Beck’s Broth existing line of functional beverages.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Kitchener, Ontario, CA N2M 3W5

$700,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

AI Powered Real Time Displays for Manufacturing

Agreement Number:

1034457

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2026
Description:

This is an R&D project to develop Ai functionality for our core technology, the L Squared Hub to make it easier for customers to present critical real time information from their business operations to their staff in Manufacturing plants.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: North York, Ontario, CA M2J 4V8

$344,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

AI-based prognosis for breast cancer

Agreement Number:

1034479

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Mar 8, 2027
Description:

The use of automated prognostic imaging biomarkers in clinical practice may enhance (re-) staging and response assessment, as it could inform more personalized treatment selection and patient monitoring, which in turn could lead to improved patient outcomes. The purpose of this project is to develop automated, deep learning-based imaging biomarkers that predict outcomes of breast cancer patients with solid tumors based on various modalities of medical imaging.
By enabling an artificial neural network to “learn” what visual features in thousands of imaging studies are associated with respective patients’ actual future outcomes, the resulting deep learning algorithm will be able to predict survival for a new patient’s imaging study.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M5G 1L7

$168,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Multi-Agent AI Engine for Real-Time Customer-Experience Gap Detection and Insight Generation

Agreement Number:

1034488

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

Press’nXPress will develop a multi-agent AI engine for real-time analysis of customer experience. This system will benchmark performance across segments, detect gaps in service quality, and identify key drivers of customer satisfaction.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Markham, Ontario, CA L3R 0B8

$270,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Development of Microencapsulation Technology to Protect Heat-Sensitive Bioactives in Gummy Manufacturing

Agreement Number:

1034489

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2026
Description:

Gummy Nutrition Lab is developing microencapsulation technology to protect sensitive ingredients during gummy manufacturing, thereby improving stability and efficacy. This innovation expands the functional potential and shelf life of nutraceutical gummies.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CA T5M 2S5

$60,000.00

Sep 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

AI-Driven Trust Metric & Peer Lending Infrastructure

Agreement Number:

1034493

Duration: from Sep 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
Description:

JL13 Concepts is developing a Trust Index, an AI-powered scoring engine that utilizes behavioural, social, and engagement data to assess user trustworthiness. The purpose is to use the trust index for financial purposes by being used to unlock access for underbanked populations excluded by traditional credit systems. The primary challenges are ensuring consistent outputs across diverse users, explainable building models, and minimizing bias, particularly in edge cases. The Trust Index aims to establish a fair and transparent standard for inclusive digital finance.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T3M 2C1