Grants and Contributions

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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.

1134792 records

$30,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

YOUTH - R&D Designer.

Agreement Number:

1007402

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024
Description:

Hiring of a candidate to consolidate the setting up of an in-house R&D unit.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Louiseville, Quebec, CA J5V 3B2

$310,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Platform scalability and customer support automation

Agreement Number:

1007816

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Nov 1, 2024
Description:

The project aims to enable scalability of the firm's platform and automation of key customer support elements.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CA H1X 2H2

$13,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Double Barrel Studios Inc.-2023-2024-1009322

Agreement Number:

1009322

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Mar 31, 2024
Description:

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: CanExport SME
Location: Consecon, Ontario, CA K0K1T0

Academia

Agreement:

Autonomous Adaptive Design & Discovery of Novel High EntRopy Oxide Oxygen EvolutIon ReaCtion (HEROIC) Catalysts

Agreement Number:

1004897

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

The Project seeks to develop a combined high-throughput experimental and density functional theory workflow that is informed by artificial intelligence to discover novel high entropy oxide oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts. Unique powder synthesis and characterization capabilities to systematically discover new earth abundant, high activity, acid stable catalysts comparable to the current state of the art will be developed. Computational tools will be used to systematically explore the stability and catalytic activity of compositionally diverse catalysts and elucidate the mechanism of high performing materials. The experimental and computational data will be combined into a common database along with the associated meta-data and descriptors, which will be used to train artificial intelligence models to guide subsequent exploration. Promising materials will be optimized and characterized in full electrolyzer stacks. All data and code generated through this program will be released publicly to benefit all Canadians.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M5S 1S8

$480,000.00

May 29, 2023

Academia

Agreement:

Increasing the durability of oxygen evolution catalysts for green hydrogen and
for CO2 utilization: Accelerated Testing and Modeling of Electrocatalysts at
Industrially Relevant Conditions

Agreement Number:

1004917

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

Aiming to circumvent reliance on precious Ir-based OER catalysts used in
polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers for green hydrogen
production, this Project will discover highly active and stable Ir-free acidic
OER electrocatalysts. Their reaction mechanism and degradation pattern
operating under industrially relevant conditions will be investigated. Different
parameters in catalysts preparation including annealing temperature, feeding
ratios, reaction time, and reaction approaches will be explored to study their
correlation with the electrocatalytic performance. Spectroscopic tools at
different dimension scales involving Raman, Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectrometer (FT-IR), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and differential
electrochemical mass spectroscopy (DEMS) will be carried out to study the
lattice structure, coordination environment, valence state evolution and
overall mechanism of the catalysts during the electrolysis at working
conditions. The Project will also attempt to cross-validate density functional
theory (DFT) modelling with experimental results to explore the proposed
working/degradation mechanism and optimize the lattice structure and
exposed facets of the electrocatalysts.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M5S 1S8

$30,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth - Business development in the construction industry to increase exoskeleton sales.

Agreement Number:

1005372

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Dec 29, 2023
Description:

Hiring of a mechanical engineering graduate with a management orientation for exoskeleton business development.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Boucherville, Quebec, CA J4B 4M6

$75,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

ARP —Feasibility - Development of a range of products based on agglomerated hen manure.

Agreement Number:

1005666

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Mar 31, 2025
Description:

Development of a range of agglomerated hen manure-based fertilizer products to meet the needs of residential, commercial and agricultural customers.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Levis, Quebec, CA G6Z 0C3

$25,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth: Junior Software Developer for Vanmok Leak Detection Technology

Agreement Number:

1005711

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Nov 30, 2023
Description:

Vanmok provides cost-effective, cloud-based leak detection technology (Vanmok LD Cloud) for short segment lateral pipelines in midstream and for deployments in gathering pipelines, emulsion pipelines, and saltwater pipeline networks in upstream sectors. Another product, Vanmok LD Studio is a multi-layer pipeline monitoring system using the extended real-time transient model for leak detection in long-distance pipelines especially carrying high dense phase fluids. Vanmok would like to hire a youth staff to help with the development of Front End Software for Vanmok products. This will be an excellent opportunity for youth staff to be involved in cutting-edge technology while applying software development principles.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CA T6E 3N8

$999,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Real-time AI software development

Agreement Number:

1005803

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Dec 20, 2024
Description:

This project aims to enhance the capabilities of 3D inspection systems for transport infrastructures (rails, airport runways, subways), enabling complex inspections to be carried out in real time and at high speed.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Quebec, Quebec, CA G1P 0B3

$30,000.00

May 29, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

YOUTH: Horticulture Technician

Agreement Number:

1005918

Duration: from May 29, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
Description:

This role leads the hands-on installation and on-going technical support for new and current farms. This role helps train customers in how to best run their farms and support them in trouble shooting, work to create training and other internal materials as well as contribute with ideas to improve the overall quality of the farms.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2A 2E2