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.
$544,500.00
Jul 1, 2021
Academia
Functional characterization of factors influencing natural killer (NK) cell activity against therapy-induced senescent solid tumor models
973726
More recently, NK cells, modified with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-NK cells), are being explored as potential off-the-shelf therapy and these have shown better efficacy and lower toxicity than equivalent CAR-T cells in pre-clinical animal models.
$174,680.00
Jul 1, 2021
Academia
High resolution immunometabolomics for the discovery and verification of biomarkers of CAR-T efficacy
974328
However, unlike well-defined drugs such as chemicals and antibodies, CAR-T are complex, living therapies. Therefore, it is difficult to objectively assess the potency of CAR-T.
$508,388.00
Jun 18, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Biomanufacturing innovations for cell and gene therapies
A1-020308
The UKRI will hold a call for proposals aiming to solicit collaborations between UK researchers and the National Research Council of Canada’s Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Challenge Program, on research projects aiming to innovate therapeutic viral vector biomanufacturing processes.
$140,850.00
Jun 18, 2021
Academia
Developing of reagent combinations for the visual detection of SARS-CoV-2 - Phase 2
974543
This assay consists of reagents that aim to amplify the SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (e.g. E gene) by 10 thousand fold. The amplified genetic material should bind to 13-nm gold nanoparticles coated with complementary single stranded DNA. The color of the solution should change because the gold nanoparticle will be assembled onto the SARS-CoV-2 amplified gene. The clustering of the gold nanoparticle changes how the electrons move leading to different absorbance properties.
$500,000.00
Jun 18, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Biomanufacturing innovations for cell and gene therapies
988540
The UKRI will hold a call for proposals aiming to solicit collaborations between UK researchers and the National Research Council of Canada’s Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Challenge Program, on research projects aiming to innovate therapeutic viral vector biomanufacturing processes.
$135,968.00
Jun 15, 2021
For-profit organization
INSPIRE
976739
INSPIRE is a digital therapy that deploys the most powerful virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to reduce the stress, anxiety and isolation associated with certain medical issues or conditions of adult and senior users.
$36,000.00
Jun 7, 2021
For-profit organization
Youth - AI for Robotic CT-Guided Spinal Pain Injections
973480
This project supports a youth and concerns the development of a novel approach, based on Artificial Intelligence, by which Computed Tomography image-guidance technologies may be enhanced for interventional therapies of the spine.
$190,000.00
Jun 1, 2021
For-profit organization
Developing an individualized mental health solution using music and deep reinforcement learning.
973473
Development and launch of an individualized mental health solution that leverages deep reinforcement learning, contextual data, and individual preferences to optimize music therapy through a ubiquitous digital platform.
$71,275.00
May 31, 2021
For-profit organization
Purification of an active ingredient for the development of a targeted cancer therapy
973093
This project aims to develop a set of extraction and purification methods to obtain an active principle, which will be used in the development process of a targeted therapy for cancer.
$40,000.00
May 24, 2021
For-profit organization
YOUTH- Systems Integration Engineering for Hyivy Medical Device Launch
972115
Hyivy Health is working on the systems integration between mechanical and electrical functions providing the first mechanical and biosensor functions to conduct 3 pelvic floor therapies while tracking the first ever quantifiable data on the pelvic floor.