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.
$91,845.00
Feb 15, 2018
There are around 20,000 human-made Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit around Earth. This includes functioning satellites, as well as non-functional pieces of debris, and these numbers are continuing to rise. It is important to track the location of RSOs in order to prevent potential collisions and damage to functioning satellites. Currently, only small portions of the sky can be monitored by space-based RSO detectors, and Earth-based detectors are limited by cloud cover and daylight cycles.
Magellan Aerospace proposes to adapt commercial star trackers, a type of sensor used for high-accuracy pointing in satellites, to detect and track RSOs. Using star trackers is an attractive solution, since almost every satellite in orbit could contribute to the RSO database using existing onboard hardware with no interruption to the satellite's main mission. This technology would greatly enrich the RSO monitoring database and can lead to reduced incidence of RSO collisions through improved monitoring and early warnings.
$12,656.00
Feb 15, 2018
Indigenous recipients
The purpose is to encourage and support effective participation in comprehensive maritime training and exercising in order to support response to all ship-source and unknown mystery pollution spills in Canadian waters and waters under international agreements.
$5,000,000.00
Feb 15, 2018
Support to the PBF Immediate Response Facility
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$335,635.00
Feb 15, 2018
For-profit organization
Development and scale up of microneedle devices and injectors for proof of concept studies
902237
Development and scale-up of novel, commercially viable microneedle devices and injectors for proof of concept studies and commercialization through product development partnerships and licensing.
$90,000.00
Feb 15, 2018
Individual or sole proprietorship
Postdoctoral Fellowships
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The Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) Program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The fellowships are also intended to secure a supply of highly qualified Canadians with leading-edge scientific and research skills for Canadian industry, government, and universities.
$276,613.00
Feb 15, 2018
For-profit organization
Development of a brain activity sensing/measuring wearable device
902009
Axem Neurotechnology is building brain sensing headphones to assist athletes with quantifying — and improving — their mental practice and mental training, as well as to assist athletic and physical therapists with using imagery to enhance rehabilitation.
$4,500.00
Feb 15, 2018
Self simliar measures of finite type
URU
$4,500.00
Feb 15, 2018
Establishment of a new biological assay using Hydra nematocyst deployment
URU
$4,500.00
Feb 15, 2018
Structural studies on daptomycin using reversed micelles
URU
$4,500.00
Feb 15, 2018
RNA regulation and metabolism in Streptomyces bacteria
URU