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.
$200,000.00
Nov 28, 2014
This project entitled ""Next Generation Reflector"" aims at designing, manufacturing and testing a prototype of a new antenna reflector that would minimize the cost and mass of the next generation of antenna products.
$471,769.00
Dec 4, 2014
This project entitled ""End-to-End Space-Ground Communication"" will focus on the development and the study of key advancements in satellite on-board processing technology in order to improve the level of integration of an end-to-end communications network. The idea is to provide a fully integrated approach where the utilization of ground and space segments are maximized.
$364,550.00
Nov 28, 2014
This project entitled ""HTS Antenna Technology"" will focus on the development of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) antenna technologies, encompassing multiple frequency bands.
Thanks to these innovative technologies, end-users will have acces to exclusive solutions in C-, Ku-, Ka- and Q/V band.
$192,419.00
Dec 15, 2014
This project entitled ""Wide-Swath, 10m Resolution Hyperspectral Sensor and Mission"" will explore the feasibility of using novel optical filter and detector technology in a spaceborne hyperspectral sensor that would be compact enough to fly on a small satellite while still delivering operationally superior sensitivity, coverage, and spatial and spectral resolution. Such smaller, cheaper hyperspectral satellites can be deployed in constellations that provide continental-scale imaging coverage every few days, which is critical for such applications as agriculture and defence.
$573,618.00
Dec 22, 2014
This project entitled ""On-board Processing"" will seek to test the use of non-radiation hardened devices in the harsh space environment. The most capable on-board processing devices are not radiation-hardened and as such, they require special hardware and software mitigation. Given the continued growth in digital signal processing, there is a need to enhance the on-board system performance.
$199,991.00
Nov 17, 2014
This project entitled ""Software for Advanced Composite Material Modeling"" is to develop a software which will bridge the gaps in current modelling tools used to predict composites service life, in improving the realism of structural models used for analysis and thus, providing more accurate predictive methods.
$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.