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.

1185431 records

$70,000.00

Sep 26, 2023

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Mining data from a previous CSA-funded study to test new hypotheses about astronauts' eye and brain health

Agreement Number:

23HLSDM09

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Sep 30, 2024
Description:

Vision loss due to Space Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS) is observed in many astronauts, is poorly understood, and remains one of the most feared hazards of space flight. The loss of gravity causes shift of fluids, including blood to the upper body, and these disturbances around the eye, especially in the choroid, the most vascularized tissue in the body, may be an important piece of the puzzle. Novel non-invasive eye imaging techniques will be used to examine blood vessel changes in the choroid for the first time in a model of SANS. Discovering biomarkers of excess and persistent blood and fluid entry into the eye will be an important step toward understanding and predicting SANS and preventing vision loss from SANS in astronauts.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M5B 2L7

Academia

Agreement:

Mechanogenomic suppression of microgravity induced chondrocyte hypertrophy in bioengineered human cartilage

Agreement Number:

23HLSRM07

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Sep 30, 2024
Description:

Space’s low gravity leads to bone and muscle loss which can compromise astronauts’ missions. Previous work showed that the knee cartilage of mice breakdown after a period in space’s low gravity. But little is known about the effect of low gravity on human cartilage. The research team will use human stem cells from adult females and males to make cartilage to study the effect of low gravity on cartilage. They will use an instrument designed by NASA to replicate low gravity. They hope their work will shed new light into osteoarthritis, a common disease in Canadians with cartilage breakdown at its core.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CA T5J 4P6

$3,000.00

Sep 26, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

EUREKA cluster Xecs: Participation in Canadian partnering mission to 2023 PIC Summit in the Netherlands

Agreement Number:

1011516

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Nov 18, 2023
Description:

Participation in the NRC IRAP’s PIC Summit Europe mission held in the Netherlands, November 6-10, 2023, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas for the 2023 Xecs Call for Proposals.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2E 8A7

$30,000.00

Sep 26, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth Project - Expanding engineering capacity to support development and deployment on an inter-agency Alert Management System

Agreement Number:

1010958

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Aug 31, 2024
Description:

Public safety organizations are currently using a very manual and labour-intensive process to create and share alerts with members and partner agencies. Rubicon is building digital, automated collaboration tools to address this challenge and is expanding the development team to implement and take this across the country.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA M6B 1K1

$49,999.00

Sep 26, 2023

Aboriginal recipient

Agreement:

Indigenous Monitoring Equipment Purchase Call for Proposal Project

Agreement Number:

CFP23-IMSC24

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 31, 2024
Description:

The objective of this Project is to advance Indigenous issues and priorities in environment, safety and/or socioeconomic imperatives, consistent with the Terms of Reference of the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Program Name: Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
Location: CHILLIWACK, British Columbia, CA V2P 6H7

$49,999.00

Sep 26, 2023

Aboriginal recipient

Agreement:

Indigenous Monitoring Skills & Training and Equipment Call for Proposal Project

Agreement Number:

CFP23-IMSC26

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 31, 2024
Description:

The objective of this Project is to advance Indigenous issues and priorities in environment, safety and/or socioeconomic imperatives, consistent with the Terms of Reference of the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Program Name: Contributions in support of Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees for Energy Infrastructure Projects (Committees)
Location: HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, British Columbia, CA V0M 1K0

Government

Agreement:

BC HYDRO PHASE 6 DC FAST CHARGING PROJECT

Agreement Number:

ZP-540

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025
Description:

The purpose of this agreement is to increase awareness, availability and use of lower carbon vehicles and fuels in Canada by supporting the installation of 93 electric vehicle chargers in British Columbia.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Program Name: Zero Emissions Vehicle Infrastructure Program
Location: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, CA V6B 5R3

$3,868,550.00

Sep 26, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

A Feasibility Project on the Production of Low Carbon Intensity Synthetic Diesel from Biomass using Hydrogen generated by Clean Energy (e-Syn)

Agreement Number:

CFF-A-2172

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Jan 31, 2026
Description:

The objective of this study is to asses four biomass waste options to produce low carbon intensity synthetic diesel.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Program Name: Clean Fuels Program
Location: CHALK RIVER, Ontario, CA K0J 1J0

$3,868,550.00

Sep 26, 2023

For-profit organization

Agreement:

A Feasibility Project on the Production of Low Carbon Intensity Synthetic Diesel from Biomass using Hydrogen generated by Clean Energy (e-Syn)

Agreement Number:

CFF-A-2172

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to May 31, 2026
Description:

The objective of this study is to asses four biomass waste options to produce low carbon intensity synthetic diesel.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Program Name: Clean Fuels Program
Location: CHALK RIVER, Ontario, CA K0J 1J0

$3,850.00

Sep 26, 2023

Aboriginal recipient

Agreement:

Engagement for the renewed Cultural Resource Management draft policy

Agreement Number:

GC-2223

Duration: from Sep 26, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023
Description:

This grant enables Hiawatha First Nation the resources required to provide guidance, advise and valuable input on the renewed Cultural Resource Management draft policy.

Organization: Parks Canada
Program Name: General Class Grants and Contributions Program
Location: Hiawatha, Ontario, CA K9J 0E6