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.
$600,000.00
Dec 17, 2014
This project entitled ""Next Generation TriDAR"" will focus on the creation of a next-generation TriDAR platform. TriDAR is a 3D sensor used to perform autonomous rendezvous and docking in space. This project aims to reduce the TriDAR products mass, volume and power consumption in order to broaden the range of applicable missions. The project will also improve the system's data acquisition and scan speed performance, add cooperative tracking capability, evaluate and test solid state beam steering detector and technologies, and demonstrate the feasibility of hybrid 3D sensing.
$199,499.00
Dec 17, 2014
This project entitled ""Next Generation Thermal Imager"" will focus on the development of a high resolution next-generation thermal camera specifically designed for space. The increase in resolution will result in a camera that is better suited to new space applications such as spacecraft inspection and remote sensing.
$166,073.00
Dec 15, 2014
This project entitled ""High Precision Laser RangeFinder"" further improves Neptec's high-precision laser rangefinding capabilities, essential to enabling spacecraft formation flying missions. The advancement of this technology will achieve higher levels of measurement accuracy at distances never reached before.
$172,162.00
Dec 22, 2014
This project entitled ""LiDAR-based Rover Navigation Software"" advances Neptec's rover-based planetary exploration technologies based on Neptec's in-house family of 3D scanning LiDAR sensors. The project will develop a LiDAR-based suite of navigation software that integrates LiDAR visual odometry, efficient mapping, path planning, and obstacle avoidance, using the unique scanning pattern provided by Neptec's sensors.
$121,202.00
Dec 22, 2014
This project entitled ""Self Calibrating Radiation Tolerant Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC)"" is for the design and development of a Self Calibrating Radiation Tolerant Time-to-Digital Converter prototype that will comprise the following features: maintain its own accuracy across all operating conditions; allow for custom data processing and control logic to be implemented in a single device (thus reducing complexity of on-board electronics); and be used as part of a rangefinder for topographic mapping, satellite formation flying as well as rendezvous and docking operations.
$160,295.00
Dec 4, 2014
This project entitled ""Geometric Error Source Identification and Quantification (GESIQ)"" has the objective to improve the knowledge of the spacecraft parameters by identifying and quantifying the geometric errors sources in satellite data starting from known geometric errors previously determined using ground control points (GCP). It will allow NGC to have a tool to support customers in the diagnostic of geometric error sources in Earth-observation satellite imagery.
$199,414.00
Dec 4, 2014
This project entitled ""Autonomous Navigation & Mapping (ANIMA)"" has the objective to develop and validate an innovative navigation and mapping technology to be integrated onboard exploration rover systems. This technological product aims at solving a problem that is often encountered in space and also in many terrestrial applications: to enable the navigation, the mapping and the localization of mobile vehicle systems operating in unknown or poorly known environments where Global Positioning System (GPS) or other absolute navigation infrastructure are not reliable or even available.
$200,000.00
Dec 4, 2014
This project entitled ""Electron Multiplying Charged Coupled Device (EMCCD) Camera Controller"" aims at advancing the design of the Electron-Multiplying Charge-Coupled Device (EMCCD) camera controller in order to prepare it for future space missions. EMCCD is a digital imaging technology that is capable of detecting single photon events by way of a unique electron multiplying structure built into the sensor. Key technological advancements include reducing power consumption and adapting heat dissipation of the Canadian EMCCD controller. The heat needs to be dissipated even when no air is present, such as is the case in the space environment; while power consumption must be lowered considering the limited availability of resources for most space missions.
$200,000.00
Dec 17, 2014
This project entitled ""A novel nano-filtration technology for aerospace applications"" is to design, build and test high-performance and durable nano-filters to be used in the aerospace industry. These nano-filters would serve in the filtration of fluid system protection in engine lube, engine fuel, coolant, radar cooling systems and odor/bacteria/virus removal from water and air. The proposed nano-filters are mass-producible, bio-compatible and can be assembled into any shape and size. The filters are suitable for harsh environments where high or low temperatures, high pressures or vacuum, high levels of radiation and wide range of pH define the quality of the surroundings. The proposed nano-filtration technology is a major improvement from existing filters. They are thinner, lighter, have an increased permeability and can be customized according to its applications.
$159,131.00
Dec 22, 2014
This project entitled ""Multi-channel Modulator Pre-Compensation"" consists of the design, development and implementation of an innovative algorithm that will allow satellites to send more data at a reduced cost.