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.
$19,402.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
AstroSat study of the 2023 outburst of an X-ray binary in the globular cluster Terzan 5
23EXPAST02
This neutron star is located in the globular cluster Terzan 5, a cluster of about a million old stars that is rich in neutron stars.
$33,120.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
PHANGS AstroSat-Color: Star Formation and Dust Attenuation Properties of Star-Forming Galaxies
23EXPAST03
This project will map out the ultraviolet colors of several nearby galaxies that are actively forming stars. AstroSat is observing the starlight of young, massive stars. As these short-lived stars die, the color of the galaxy changes, with the light becoming dominated by long-wavelength ultraviolet light. But there is a complication: dust in galaxies also makes the light appear redder. The new high-resolution data will be used to untangle the effects of aging from dust. This research is important because it is a local calibration needed to understand how to interpret the colors from different telescopes of the most distant galaxies.
$50,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
Exploring Inner Accretion Dynamics of Black Holes across the Mass Scale using ASTROSAT
23EXPAST04
Accretion onto black holes is the source of some of the most energetic photons observed in the Universe. The innermost region of the black hole accretion disk radiates mostly in X-rays for both stellar and supermassive mass black holes. This project will capitalize Canada’s participation in ASTROSAT by using the unparalleled simultaneous broadband X-ray data to probe the debated inner accretion dynamics of black holes across the mass range. The investigation lines up with one of Canada’s Long Range Plan main science themes (“What are the extreme conditions of the Universe?”) and with the Canadian priorities in High-Energy Astrophysics.
$26,040.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
ASTROSAT FUV/multi-wavelength study of M31 and FUV/X-ray study of Hercules X-1.
23EXPAST06
The project will analyze data from the most recent Astrosat X-ray and ultraviolet observatory programs on M31 and Hercules X-1. M31 (Andromeda) is the nearest large neighboring galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.
$15,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
International (non-government)
FY22/23 C – R242.7 – ISOE NATC
9100011437
Contribution agreement with the University of Illinois to support the North American Technical Center of the Information System on Occupational Exposure network.
$25,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
Bringing quantum to radiobiology: tackling the fundamental problem of radiation interactions with DNA on the nanoscale
1015286
Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative
$25,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
Enhancing therapeutic outcomes of antibodies for cancer immunotherapy with novel protein labeling strategies
1015357
Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative
$25,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
Solid-state nanopore identification of neutral and positively charged carbohydrates
1015377
Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative
$25,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
Tissue mimicking skin phantoms for the development of optical medical devices
1015381
Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative
$25,000.00
Mar 20, 2024
Academia
A new approach to produce CO2 reference gas for improved carbon isotope ratio measurements of greenhouse gases
1015394
Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative