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.
$233,500.00
Mar 30, 2017
Academia
The project name is ""MOPITT Data Enhancements through Improved Cloud Clearing"". Canada's MOPITT instrument measures global CO levels every three days. It has been in orbit since 1999 and continues to provide excellent data. This project aims to expand the coverage of the MOPITT data through its entire operational life by improving the scientific treatment of clouds in the field of view, thus increasing the amount of observations used to generate the data products. The results will improve the datasets made available by MOPITT and the resulting science coming from the research community around the world.
$233,500.00
Mar 30, 2017
Academia
The project name is ""Modes of Pollution Transport from North America to Nova Scotia and Beyond"". This project aims to quantify the long-term variability of different pollution sources (local, regional and continental) and how they affect air quality in Nova Scotia and other Canadian locations. The study will assess the impacts of weather on air pollution events. In doing so, it will inform policy regarding jurisdictional (provincial, federal, trans-boundary) pollutant reduction.
$230,050.00
Mar 30, 2017
This project will combine observations from multiple sources of snow, and of the weather events during which snowfall occurs, to learn whether satellite instruments can be used to reliably detect and monitor snow and snowfall over Canada.
$229,000.00
Mar 30, 2017
Academia
CO in the Canadian boreal forest and urban centre
16SUASCOBF
The project name is ""CO in the Canadian boreal forest and urban centres"". CO is an atmospheric gas that impacts urban air quality and the global carbon cycle. This project will combine atmospheric observations and modelling of CO to:
• Validate Canada's MOPITT instrument measurements with data from the ground based Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON).
• Assess the impacts of wildfires on the carbon cycle of the boreal forest.
• Quantify global urban ratios of CO to carbon dioxide (CO2) to estimate urban emissions.
MOPITT and ground-based datasets will be complemented by CO2 measurements from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and JAXA's Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT).
$230,050.00
Mar 30, 2017
The project name is ""Analysis of remotely sensed, aerosol-cloud interaction over the Arctic"". This project will analyze the aerosol-cloud interactions over the Arctic when aerosols like dust and smoke are predominant (in the upper troposphere during the polar winter; and in the lower troposphere during the polar spring). The analysis will be done using satellite-based instruments supported by ground-based measurements, microphysical surface measurements and transport model simulations.
$117,900.00
Mar 30, 2017
The project name is ""Observation and modeling of the tropical runaway- and super-greenhouse"". Using satellite measurements of the Earth's tropics, this research will investigate the local runaway greenhouse and super greenhouse effect. These phenomena occur when there is high water vapour content in the atmosphere, which limits the amount of radiation the surface can give off to cool itself. Currently, this only affects the warmest areas of the tropics (e.g. the Pacific warm pool) but it is expected to spread, and potentially become more severe as the global climate warms.
$1,997,621.00
May 10, 2017
The objective of the proposed project is the development of a deep-space capable nano-class vision and situational awareness system to support future nano missions in space exploration. Situational awareness is a common operational need for all exploration missions, from mission and scientific operations to outreach and public engagement.
$200,000.00
Dec 19, 2017
EMCCD (electron multiplying charge-coupled device) detectors are highly sensitive cameras that take images in low-light conditions using photon signals. This technology extends the boundaries of what is observable. Canadian EMCCD technology is recognized internationally for its unparalleled imaging sensitivity. The main space applications for this technology are astronomy and the detection of space debris. A potential terrestrial application is biomedical imaging. The purpose of the Nüvü Caméras project is to improve the newest large-format EMCCD, which has a larger field of view (the area covered by an image), primarily by increasing the new EMCCD's frame rate.
$30,000.00
Dec 27, 2017
The purpose of this grant is to provide support to a Canadian user of the ASTROSAT satellite. This project is based on the observations of active galacic nuclei with the objective of better understanding the connection between accretion disc and corona of Seyfert galaxies.
$728,280.00
Dec 29, 2017
The effects of long duration spaceflight on human wayfinding: the behavioural and neural mechanisms (Wayfinding)
In space, without the cues provided by Earth's gravity, astronauts' bodies and brains adapt to various changes. One of those changes affects the astronauts' wayfinding skills, which can affect their performance during their first two to three weeks on the ISS, and may affect spatial orientation while performing complex tasks, like robotics.
The study will look at the impact of a long period in a microgravity environment on the behavioural and neurological mechanisms of wayfinding in astronauts. It will also explore how long the astronauts' cognitive and neurological changes would persist following their return on Earth.