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
Jan 26, 2015
This project entitled ""Micro-Spectrometer for Atmospheric Remote Sensing"" will develop a compact spectrometer for the measurement of Green House Gas (GHG) species in the atmosphere. The project will focus on the advancement of previous research to develop an innovative integrated optics platform for affordable atmospheric science and the sensing of chemical concentrations. The proposed approach will provide high spectral resolution and high throughput over a limited wavelength with each device being “tuned” at the point of manufacture to detect a specific gas species (e.g. methane, CO2, etc.). The micro-spectrometer will be compatible with nanosatellite, microsatellite and hosted payload applications as well as aviation and terrestrial applications.
$600,000.00
Jan 26, 2015
This project entitled ""Dyson Spectrometer Prototype Development"" will develop an innovative prototype spectrometer for microsatellite based, hyperspectral imaging applications, that will be able to achieve low distortion performance over a large field-of-view. The proposed approach contains fewer optical elements than other approaches and is configured in a compact format with modest demands for weight, volume, and cooling resources which make it make it very attractive for microsatellite applications as well as for aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle applications.
$600,000.00
Feb 9, 2015
This project entitled ""Flexible Space Situational Awareness Payload Development"" will demonstrate paradigm-changing technologies relating to the viewing, understanding and predicting the physical location of near-earth objects. The project will implement advanced photon detection technologies and advanced image processing methods to improve detection performance and achieve significant reduction in image exposure time. The technologies will be directly applicable to space situational awareness applications as well as applications in space astronomy.
$600,000.00
Jan 13, 2015
This project entitled ""Vector Gravimeter for Asteroids (VEGA) Prototype Instrument Development and Flight Test"" is to develop and test-fly an instrument that could explore the surface of asteroids – the Vector Gravimeter for Asteroids (VEGA). Very accurate measurements of the gravity force vector on the surface of an asteroid would provide answers on asteroid and solar system formation and help locate deposits of valuable minerals such as water ice, which are of interest to several commercial asteroid mining companies. This instrument is designed to be compatible with very small, low-cost exploration spacecraft.
$600,000.00
Jan 19, 2015
This project entitled ""Scanning Flash Lidar System"" will focus on developing a prototype which combines new LiDAR technology and a scanning mirror mechanism. This system will provide a range of information that can be used for space robotics and planetary exploration.
$30,000.00
Mar 20, 2015
This grant will support the University of Alberta in the data analysis of magnetometer measurements taken during a suborbital flight. This will further the University's study of the ionosphere and contribute to the development of their magnetometer technology.
$255,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
To better understand the passive microwave L-band signal from in-situ measurements and emission modeling experiments, and calibrate and validate an F/T detection algorithm from the upcoming SMAP passive observations.
$280,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
The project will address the ongoing validation, development and improvement of soil moisture retrieval methods from in-situ and SMAP data. The project will also look at the applications of data assimilation techniques to improve the modelling of the spatial distribution of energy, water, and carbon fluxes.
$255,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
This project will use ground measurements to validate the data products from the SMAP satellite by supporting a ground network in Northern Quebec; testing and validating the SMAP data product to monitor the soil Freeze/Thaw state at medium and high resolution over the tundra and the boreal forest in Canada and; develop a hydrothermal model to provide soil moisture and Freeze/Thaw information in high spatial and temporal resolution at a watershed level.
$161,584.00
Mar 31, 2015
This project will use ground measurements to validate the data products from the SMAP satellite. These data will originate from an intensive field campaign in southeastern Manitoba in 2016 (SMAPVEX16) to collect high density surface soil moisture observations along nine permanent soil profile moisture monitoring sites.