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.
$7,500.00
Mar 15, 2019
For-profit organization
Examining peak potency and harvest timing in Cannabis sativa using synchrotron 3D chemical imaging
926002
In cannabis, specialized structures on flowers produce unique compounds with medicinal importance. This project will investigate the physical and chemical landscape of these surface structures through the application of 3D imaging and synchrotron light technologies, revealing how the broad range of medicinal compounds are sequestered on cannabis flowers.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
For-profit organization
Development of Novel Maneuverability Capability for Small Satellites Using Aerodynamic Forces
925149
The capability of small satellites have advanced in the last decade into mission capable assets. Without propulsion systems, they lack maneuverability to exploit advantages as constellations. It is proposed to evaluate the feasibility using aerodynamic forces generated in the low earth orbit to improve maneuverability of small satellites.
$12,500.00
Mar 15, 2019
Academia
CCAT-p First Light in 2021: 860 GHz Camera Optical Design and Commissioning/Early Science Plan
925206
CCAT-p is a pathfinder telescope optimized for mapping the mm to sub-mm sky for both cosmological and galactic star formation studies. CCAT-p will have first-light in 2021. Leveraging NRC-Herzberg's instrumentation heritage, this research program will develop the required optical interface plan for the early-science/commissioning camera, operating at 860 GHz.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Academia
Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding of Cobalt-Based Superalloys
925998
This project is aimed to explore the possibility of reducing or avoiding cracking susceptibility by using hybrid laser-arc welding processes and thus improve the weldability and repairability of new y' precipitate-strengthened Cobalt-based superalloys. The results will benefit the welding and remanufacturing of engine components for aerospace and power generation applications.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
In search of blood cellular optical barcodes signifying otherwise silent cardiovascular risk
925991
Some 2.4 million Canadians live with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Many will die, diagnosed only once irreversible cardiac damage is done, despite passing all cholesterol tests! Combining microfluidic sample preparation and infrared spectroscopy-based metabolic fingerprinting ("barcoding"), we aim to save those lives by discovering new circulating markers signifying elevated CVD risk.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Academia
Tracking the mechanism of antibody trafficking across the blood brain barrier with advanced 3D-structure
925184
We will use Cryo-Electron Microscopy (McGill University) and Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry to study the mechanism by which antibodies bind to Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor (IGF1R) and cross the blood-brain barrier. Sophisticated models of receptor/antibody interactions will be constructed and used to decipher the molecular events that initiate crossing.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Academia
Boronic Acid Technologies for Harmful Algal Toxin Measurement
925193
Funds will be used to develop improved boronate-based methods and technologies to facilitate purification and analysis of marine and freshwater algal toxins.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Academia
AI-driven interactive finite element simulation running on mobile platforms
925203
This project objective is to improve real-time surgical simulator solver performance to allow for equivalent realism and resolution on an affordable mobile device as it is currently possible on full size simulator. The project seeks to achieve this by re-defining a finite element problem to better exploit specialized computing hardware.
$25,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
In search of blood cellular optical barcodes signifying otherwise silent cardiovascular risk
925991
Some 2.4 million Canadians live with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Many will die, diagnosed only once irreversible cardiac damage is done, despite passing all cholesterol tests! Combining microfluidic sample preparation and infrared spectroscopy-based metabolic fingerprinting ("barcoding"), the project aims to save those lives by discovering new circulating markers signifying elevated CVD risk.
$16,000,000.00
Mar 15, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Livelihoods and Food Security Fund
7401762 P006522001
Canada's support to LIFT aims to reduce poverty among vulnerable populations in northern Rakhine State by: increasing economic and livelihood opportunities, improving nutrition outcomes, and increasing the resiliency and empowerment of women across Rakhine, including Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. The project achieves these outcomes by funding local NGO initiatives via the UNOPS-managed Livelihoods Food and Security Trust (LIFT). The project also enhances and improves intercommunal social cohesion within these communities by incorporating peacebuilding into all financed projects.
Project activities include: (1) working closely with men, women and their children to increase household income and assets through financial literacy programs that target village savings and loans associations (VSLAs); (2) supporting technical vocational and life-skills training for those displaced in the protracted crisis in Rakhine; and (3) targeting women with awareness raising activities around nutritious feeding practices during pregnancy and after childbirth to improve nutritional status of Rakhine family units.