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.
$2,210,000.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
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Establish the Quantum Algorithm Institute to grow the quantum technology sector in BC
$180,400.00
Mar 30, 2021
Aboriginal recipient
Pre-Feasibility Assessment for Advancing a National Marine Conservation Area in Western James-Hudson Bay
GC-1452
This contribution supports the development of a feasibility assessment agreement for the establishment of a national marine conservation area in Western James-Hudson Bay.
$45,000.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
ASTROSAT Imaging Survey of M13 and X-Ray Outburst of the Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808-3658
21EXPUVI2
It will support the data analysis effort of Canadian guest observers with AstroSat for a project entitled ‘ASTROSAT Imaging Survey of M13 and X-Ray Outburst of the Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808-3658.'
$44,911.72
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
Measuring Feedback and Molecular Cloud Lifetime with the PHANGS-ASTROSAT Atlas.
21EXPUVI3
It will support the data analysis effort of Canadian guest observers with AstroSat for a project entitled ‘Measuring Feedback and Molecular Cloud Lifetime with the PHANGS-ASTROSAT Atlas.'
$49,200.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
A FUV Survey of Virgo Cluster Galaxies
22ASTVICTO
It will support the data analysis effort of Canadian guest observers with AstroSat for a project entitled ‘A FUV Survey of Virgo Cluster Galaxies.'
$249,996.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2021 Boreal (SMAPVEx-BOREAL):
Improving the performance of L-band Passive Microwave Retrievals of Soil Moisture in the Canadian Boreal Forest.
21SUESSMVE
Current satellites capable of detecting soil moisture are well validated for low vegetation areas, however, they have less accuracy in forested regions such as the boreal forest. In this research we will perform a soil moisture measurement campaign in a boreal forest to improve soil moisture estimates from two satellite missions: NASA's SMAP and ESA's SMOS. Our improved soil moisture estimates will be used to update models used by Environment and Climate Change Canada for weather, drought and forest fire prediction.
$249,999.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
Approaches to mitigation of atmospheric fluctuations for free-space optical channels
969444
In particular, a high degree of phase recovery is required in order to fully benefit from a large collection area while also enabling optical focusing to a diffraction-limited spot as required for high bandwidth coherent optical processing. In the Project, new optical detection systems and signal processing approaches suitable for high bandwidth satellite-based optical communications will be developed.
$503,800.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
Fabrication techniques of 2D material devices
969539
The Project will explore how to optimize surfaces, interfaces and devices made from two dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as Molybdenum disulfide( MoS2), molybdenum-diselenide (MoSe2), tungsten disulfide (WS2), tungsten diselenide (WSe2) as well as graphene and boron nitride.
$280,500.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
AI-enabled radiography diagnostics
969581
The Project will enable improved training of deep neural networks, build models for AI-enabled COVID-19 diagnosis and risk stratification through applying few-shot learning methods, and address current limitations of the low quantity of annotated COVID-19 positive data. The Project will accelerate the development of an open-source, open-access diagnostic platform.
$503,800.00
Mar 30, 2021
Academia
Fabrication techniques of 2D material devices
969539
The Project will explore how to optimize surfaces, interfaces and devices made from two dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as Molybdenum disulfide( MoS2), molybdenum-diselenide (MoSe2), tungsten disulfide (WS2), tungsten diselenide (WSe2) as well as graphene and boron nitride.