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.

1177110 records

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Synthetic nucleosides as new pharmaceuticals

Agreement Number:

909375

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Feb 29, 2020
Description:

The proposed project involves Stage 1 drug discovery program on synthetic anticancer nucleosides based on Firm's existing technology platform in nucleoside chemistry including a library of nucleoside based molecules, many of which have been of interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Objective is to develop and screen a series of synthetic nucleosides, identify lead candidates and fully characterize them for anticancer properties on human cancer cell lines. Ultimate goal is to discover proprietary anticancer drug candidate/s with high therapeutic index for consideration as a pharmaceutical within the synthetic anticancer nucleosides drug class.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CA T5S 1G2

$10,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth Hire - Technologist - Youth Green

Agreement Number:

909500

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Oct 31, 2018
Description:

Review, evaluate, research and propose refinements and new software options to improve our technical expertise. Implement those technological improvements and help develop a new service offering of modelling and rendering services.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T2G 1R7

$10,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth Green - Work Flow Optimization

Agreement Number:

909506

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Oct 31, 2018
Description:

The graduate will be increasing shop efficiency by improving inventory controls. Creating new procedures for applying parts to work orders as well as improving organization of the parts storage area. In addition, reorganizing the yard thereby improving traffic flow and parking and to improve customer relations through follow up phone calls to customers.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T2B 3C1

$115,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Development and Optimization of Cannabis Extraction Technologies for Commercial Applications

Agreement Number:

909546

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Jun 30, 2019
Description:

This project supports the selection of technologies for the extraction of cannabinoids and terpenes. It will investigate various technologies such as; supercritical fluid extraction, subcritical fluid extraction, and microwave assisted processing (MAP) and identify the optimum concept.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA R2W 3A6

$324,627.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Development of Graphene Based Lithium-Ion Batteries

Agreement Number:

909583

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Apr 30, 2020
Description:

The Firm will build on its existing capabilities in graphite processing, graphene production and graphene infused coatings to develop high-capacity, high-rate electrodes for Lithium-ion batteries.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Bedford, Nova Scotia, CA B4A 2T3

$20,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Glacier Green Youth

Agreement Number:

909593

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Oct 31, 2018
Description:

Two new graduates will analyze and propose advertising and marketing initiatives for "green" focused companies. New product development or partnership in the green space.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T2G 1R7

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Youth Green - Environmental Remediation

Agreement Number:

909671

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Oct 31, 2018
Description:

Earthmaster developed a phytoremediation technology (PEPSystems) for treatment of soil contaminated. This project will involve further development of the PEPSystems technology by studying the use of alternative, deeper rooting species, including alfalfa, and other bacteria species for improved remediation of salt, hydrocarbon and metals and for reclamation.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T2H 2M5

$32,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Detection and quantification of blood-based biomarkers using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

Agreement Number:

909707

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Mar 31, 2019
Description:

The firm will investigate the resonance Raman response of Lycopene and other biomarkers to identify the optimal excitation and measurement conditions for non-invasive detection of biomarkers in blood.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: West Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V7V 2W7

$10,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Market Research

Agreement Number:

909716

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Mar 31, 2019
Description:

A comprehensive and expert competitive analysis investigation of the North American organic fertilizer marketplace.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T2P 0S5

$252,000.00

Jul 1, 2018

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Pathway Refractoring for Scale up to Commercial Yields of Fermentation-based Synthetic Chemical Production

Agreement Number:

909817

Duration: from Jul 1, 2018 to Jun 30, 2020
Description:

The overall objective of this project is to generate an optimized, high-yielding, commercial-scale alkaloid production technology based on yeast fermentation using existing Epimeron IP and building on previous R&D such as NRC-IRAP Projects 834944 and 861555. Although previous work has established a small-scale system capable of turning over alkaloid product, the yields fall short of commercial level titers (e.g. >10g/L). This proposal aims to (i) address dominant problems with current yeast production strains and (ii) improve titers, using inexpensive starting materials, to reach commercially feasible levels. Collaboration with a fermentation-specialized partnering firm will enable technology development in a scaled-up context.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA T3E 6L1