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.
$250,000.00
Mar 27, 2014
13STFAML11: This project entitled «The NETCARE Two-Aircrafts Campaign: Testing and Analysis of a Far IR Radiometer for the TICFIRE Satellite» has the objective(s) :
New technologies relating to climate change monitoring weather forecasting: Polar regions are very sensitive to climate changes. In particular, activities in industrial countries modify the Arctic atmosphere and, in return, the Arctic influences our weather at lower latitudes, especially during the cold season. Polar climate is highly sensitive to all forms of atmospheric water in the air, in clouds and in precipitation. Human-made and natural aerosols interact strongly with cloud formation. This project aims to study and measure the extensive formation of very thin ice clouds specific to coldest arctic conditions. Many studies have indicated that acid pollutants affect climate. This project will test new technologies for a satellite called TICFIRE to better monitor cold anomalies and to improve weather forecasting.
$250,000.00
Mar 27, 2014
13STFASK10: This project entitled «Satellite prototype development of the Aerosol Limb Imager (ALI) instrument» has the objective(s) :
New instrument for the measurement of atmospheric aerosol and cloud components: This project will provide end-to-end training for several graduate students, summer students, and a research associate in the design, building, testing, calibration, flight and data analysis of a prototype satellite instrument. The instrument uses new and novel optics to measure aerosol and cloud in region of the atmosphere that is particularly sensitive to climate change; this project will provide the opportunity to greatly extend its measurement capability. The test flight of the instrument will occur on a stratospheric balloon, giving the team the opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of the mission.
$80,000.00
Mar 25, 2014
13STFATO09: This project entitled «Spider: A Balloon-Borne mm-wave Polarimeter for Cosmology» has the objective(s) :
New instruments for the study of the Universe and is earliest times: This project will engage three PhD students and one Post-Doctoral Fellow in the activities related to the flight of the Spider mm-wave polarimeter on a NASA long-duration balloon flight from Antarctica. Spider explores the nature of the Universe at its earliest times (10-36 seconds after the Big Bang) by studying the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background—the oldest light in the Universe. The PhD students will complete their degree upon having trained for this flight.
$250,000.00
Mar 27, 2014
13STFAWA02: This project entitled «End-to-End Airborne Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Demonstration» has the objective(s) :
New form of optical transmission between a balloon and a receiver on the ground: The objective of this project is to conduct an end-to-end airborne demonstration of quantum key distribution (QKD) between a receiver payload on a stratospheric balloon and a mobile transmitter on the ground. A Chinese group recently reported the demonstration of downlink QKD using a transmitter on a balloon; however, the University of Waterloo team is proposing the more innovative and difficult challenge of demonstrating uplink QKD with the receiver on the balloon, thereby establishing the feasibility of stratospheric QKD up to a moving airborne platform. The demonstration will significantly retire technical risks associated with the proposed QEYSSat mission.
$80,000.00
Mar 25, 2014
13STFAYO05: This project entitled «CubeSat Attitude Control System (ACS) Design for the SIGMA Mission» has the objective(s) :
New software algorithm for satellite attitude control systems:
The York University team will be participating in the SIGMA mission as part of the Korean CubeSat program. The team will develop efficient attitude control system (ACS) for the SIGMA mission, based on the ACS hardware that has flown on CINEMA CubeSat Series. With little modification to the ACS hardware, the team will have an opportunity to demonstrate its own ACS algorithm concept. The team will also play a significant role in mission operations providing one of the main operation centers at York University with only a minor modification to the existing ground station.
$249,995.00
Mar 25, 2014
13STFAYO07: This project entitled «Observations of Earth's surface and aerosol with a balloon-borne imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometer» has the objective(s) :
New instruments for atmospheric science related to meteorology application: This project will foster the creation of a critical mass of engineers, atmospheric scientists and students through the modification and completion of a miniature O2 A-band Fabry-Perot 2-D imaging spectrometer, developed by MPB Communications Inc. The project will provide the detailed design, modification, fabrication and validation of this spectrometer for atmospheric science, air quality and meteorology applications. Engineers, scientists and students will work closely on mechanical, electrical and optical aspects to complete its development. This instrument will then be tested on a balloon flight. The measurements of the spectrometer will also be analyzed.
$250,000.00
Mar 25, 2014
13STFAYO08: This project entitled «A Balloon-based Demonstrator for the PHEOS- Weather, Climate and Air Quality Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (IFTS)» has the objective(s) :
New instrument for the measurement of Arctic temperature and pressure profiles: The Canadian government is considering the development of a polar, highly elliptical satellite mission (Polar Communications and Weather, or PCW) to provide communications and weather information in the Arctic. A potential augmentation to this mission complement is the addition of a science package that would provide information about the composition of the atmosphere, temperature and pressure profiles, and measurements related to air quality in the Arctic. In addition, carbon dioxide and methane, important greenhouse gases, would also be measured. This project is intended to fund the development and increase the technical readiness level of the instruments that would provide these measurements on PCW.
$69,718.00
Jan 22, 2014
13SSTGHGSA: This project entitled «GHGSat-D ADCS Panning Mode» has the objective(s) :
The primary objective of the project is the development of the ADCS Panning Mode of the GHGSat-D satellite with a planned launch date in the second half of 2015. ""Panning mode"" is a spacecraft attitude control mode that is required for GHGSat-D payload observations. Panning mode is similar to a ground target tracking mode in that both modes aim to control the spacecraft attitude with respect to fixed locations on the Earth's surface. In target tracking mode the aim is to keep the ground target stationary in the instrument field of view (“FOV”), ideally at the centre of the image. In Panning mode, the goal is to have the target pass through the FOV within a predefined duration, passing from one side of the image to the other while passing as close as possible to the centre of the FOV in the process. The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies – Space Flight Laboratory (“UTIAS-SFL”) will design and develop the panning mode; the design will then be simulated in a lab environment by UTIAS-SFL and Xiphos Systems Corporation (“Xiphos”) to attain TRL 4.
$50,000.00
Feb 24, 2014
The purpose of this Project is to build on the work done by the proponent to document the history of JWST ‘as it happens' with the goal of raising awareness of the JWST project to ensure the memory of key decisions taken by key actors (project managers, scientists, and engineers) throughout the development of the project.
$50,000.00
Jun 27, 2014
This project entitled IGARSS 2014 (International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium) and 35th Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing was submitted under the ""Research"" component of the overall program of grants and contributions. This project responds to CSA priorities concerning Earth Observation offering networking opportunities in Canada with renowned international researchers, representatives of other space agencies (NASA and JAXA) and the participation of numerous researchers and Canadian students in geosciences, remote sensing and geomatics. The event offers opportunity for the Canadian university and private sector representatives to show their expertise and to develop new research opportunities or markets with international actors.