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.

1175169 records

$202,579.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Optimization and Expansion of AccessSync One Platform

Agreement Number:

1032950

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 9, 2026
Description:

The proposed project aims to enhance the AccessSync One platform by addressing key operational challenges that affect data services, user engagement, workflow efficiency, and module integration. By optimizing data incorporation, adapting to evolving client data needs, streamlining user workflows, analyzing engagement metrics, and integrating the RunBook module, this project will significantly improve the platform’s functionality and impact.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Saint John, New Brunswick, CA E2J 2E5

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Assisting SME's in overcoming technical challenges related to feed processing, ingredient design, feed ration formulation, biomass conversion and crop waste valorization

Agreement Number:

1030202

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
Description:

The competitiveness and innovation capabilities of Canadian SMEs will be enhanced by initiatives undertaken by the Canadian Feed Research Center.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA S7N 5A2

$200,057.00

Jul 1, 2025

Academia

Agreement:

Innovative Strategies for Non-Viral Generation of iPSC-Derived CAR-T Therapies

Agreement Number:

1031592

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Description:

The NRC has created human amniotic fluid-derived iPSCs (HAF-iPSCs) to produce functional T cells for adoptive therapies. This Project aims to validate and optimize the differentiation of HAF-iPSCs into CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, evaluating their performance against established iPSC lines. To facilitate evaluation of therapeutic potential, an in vitro microcontact printing platform will be developed for high-throughput characterization of iPSC-T cells' ligand binding responses and cytokine release profiles. Additionally, the Project will explore using self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) and NRC’s lipid nanoparticle technology to deliver CARs, targeting BCMA for blood cancers and EGFR for solid tumors, ensuring stable expression and functionality across various cell lines. These efforts seek to create off?the-shelf iPSC-derived CAR-T cells with predictable therapeutic response and means to screen their functional profiles.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6T 1Z3

$500,000.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Project Streamline

Agreement Number:

1031946

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
Description:

Build a system that interfaces with data streams that will optimize systems merchandising performance.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2K 3G4

$30,000.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Develop real-time analysis platform for biotech innovators

Agreement Number:

1032000

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 31, 2026
Description:

The firm is developing a real-time analysis platform designed to help innovators navigate complex technical industries, such as biotechnology. This project aims to help build out the solution's data pipeline and AI models.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6E 2J3

$75,000.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

AI-enabled Goal Setting

Agreement Number:

1032061

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

To develop an AI-enabled goal setting feature with tasks and metrics integration.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, CA V8W 3G9

$4,134.33

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

CropVue Technologies inc.-2025-2026-1032064

Agreement Number:

1032064

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: CanExport Innovation
Location: Surrey, British Columbia, CA V3Z9V2

$44,650.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

AI Assist: ARP AI Pilot Project for AI explainability of machine learning model results

Agreement Number:

1032083

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 31, 2026
Description:

The Project will support pilot testing of AI strategies, determine target architecture and quantitative technical objectives for implementation of an AI solution.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – AI Assist
Location: Kitchener, Ontario, CA N2G 1H6

$69,290.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Scale up and validation of new oyster growing system

Agreement Number:

1032120

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

The project involves the experimental validation of a newly developed variable buoyancy oyster farming system designed by King Aquaculture Inc. Originally tested in larger formats, the system has been optimized into a smaller, more manageable version. The goal is to enhance the productivity and sustainability of oyster aquaculture by comparing the performance of this new system with traditional floating cage systems.
In 2024, the project focused on testing this smaller version of the variable buoyancy system at an experimental farm set up on a 5-hectare lease (MS-1236) in Bedec, NB. Key activities included monitoring oyster growth, mortality, and yield and assessing environmental impacts such as sediment accumulation. These experiments AI

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program
Location: Richibouctou-Village, New Brunswick, CA E4W 1G2

$30,000.00

Jul 1, 2025

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth - Electrical Engineer

Agreement Number:

1032121

Duration: from Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Description:

To provide a Youth with employment experience in the field of Electrical Engineering.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, CA V8T 4P2