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.
$950,000.00
Mar 28, 2014
$221,508.00
Mar 27, 2014
Two year contribution agreement for fiscal year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016
$855,424.00
Mar 27, 2014
One year contribution agreement for fiscal year 2014/2015
$3,085,453.00
Mar 27, 2014
Two year contribution agreement for fiscal year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016
$250,000.00
Mar 27, 2014
13STFACA16: This project entitled «Above2, Airborne Balloon Observations of VLF waves and Electrons over the Array for Broadband Observations of VLF-ELF Emissions » has the objective(s) :
New instruments aimed at monitoring of Van Allen belt particles: During space weather events, high-energy particles from Earth's Van Allen radiation belts can rain down into the upper atmosphere over Canada. In order to better understand how these particles can be monitored from the ground, this project will be launching three high-altitude stratospheric balloons. The balloons will watch for X-rays produced by high-energy electrons, while arrays of ground-based radio instruments simultaneously watch from below.
$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.
$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.
$78,550.00
Mar 26, 2014
Two year contribution agreement for fiscal year 2014/2015 and 2015/2016
$75,000.00
Mar 26, 2014
The main objective of this project is to develop and validate an algorithm for freeze/thaw monitoring from SMAP passive microwave measurements. The project will be using ground-based radiometric and meteorological station; an L-band radiometers and; a meteorological station that will be deployed in Nunavik