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.
$2,825,050.00
Mar 21, 2016
Multi-year contribution agreement for fiscal years 2013/14 to 2016/17. Amendment in the amount of $1,804,858.
$561,989.00
Mar 21, 2016
Multi-year contribution agreement for fiscal years 2013/14 to 2016/17. Amendment in the amount of $178,204.
$8,350,879.00
Mar 21, 2016
Multi-year contribution agreement for fiscal years 2013/14 to 2016/17. Amendment in the amount of $2,535,331.
$185,539.00
Mar 21, 2016
Multi-year contribution agreement for fiscal years 2014/15 to 2016/17. Amendment in the amount of $62,892.
$499,785.00
Mar 21, 2016
This project entitled « , Prototype Development of the Limb Imaging FTS Experiment (LIFE) for a Stratospheric Balloon » will encompass the end-to-end design and stratospheric balloon test flight of a prototype satellite instrument. The Limb Imaging FTS Experiment (LIFE)
will take detailed measurements of greenhouse gases in a region of the upper atmosphere that is a key link in the Earth's climate system and important for our ability to estimate and predict air quality. Several high qualified personnel will be trained in space science and engineering through the design, development, calibration, balloon flight and analysis of the measurements.
$500,000.00
Mar 21, 2016
This project entitled « CALASET: Canadian Atmospheric Laser Absorption Spectrometer Experiment Test-bed » the Canadian Atmospheric Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Experiment Test-bed (CALASET), is a project that will train future Earth and space scientists. These students and trainees will design, build and test an innovative instrument for studying how trace gas concentrations in the atmosphere change with height. The students plan to launch their instrument on a stratospheric balloon from Timmins, Ontario.
CALASET will contribute to the development of Canadian space science and technology by developing a new capacity for validation of satellite limb observations and by implementing a platform to test innovative atmospheric measurement technologies. It also contributes by developing a test platform where the team can take innovative atmospheric measurement technologies generated at ALLSAS and transfer this technology for use in future satellite and space science missions.
$200,000.00
Mar 21, 2016
This project entitled « Using simulated microgravity to understand bone loss & develop countermeasures in space » studies on long duration space missions have shown that, due to weightlessness, astronauts may lose as much as twenty percent of their bone mass, which leads to a significant increase in risk of fractures and other complications. After studying two of the major bone cells in space, this project will now use simulated microgravity to analyze osteocytes, the major mechanical sensing cells in bone. This project involves developing in vitro assays within a simulated microgravity platform to understand the influence of weight on osteocyte form and function.
The studies of bone in a simulated microgravity environment (Synthecon) will also allow a controlled, detailed analysis of the osteoporotic disease process in astronauts.
The project long-term objectives are ; to publish the Bone Drop technology for broad implementation by researchers studying diverse cell types, identify candidate genes affected by simulated microgravity in osteocytes to be commercialized for therapeutic interventions and distribute a sound, accessible fitness program to improve the lives of Canadians. Normally, astronauts are difficult to study in space due to numerous countermeasures being applied simultaneously. Thus, there is a pressing need to utilize controlled, reproducible, simulated microgravity platforms for developing novel countermeasures and assessing their effectiveness in preventing bone loss.
$181,950.00
Mar 21, 2016
This project entitled «Demonstration of Technologies for Quantum Communications Space Networks» the objective is to demonstrate technologies for quantum communications space networks, advancing TRL and training HQP for technologies relevant to QEYSSat (Quantum Encryption and Science Satellite). This project aims to examine the sensitivity of single photon detectors to radiation. The development of strategies to mitigate detector noise induced by the space radiation environment will have broad impact both to existing optical sensing applications and to the nascent quantum communications industry.
A main focus of the project will be the mitigation of radiation damage to avalanche photodiode (APD) and the key objective of this task is to develop the optical and electronic components of a laser-annealing apparatus suitable for operation on a spacecraft. Testing is targeted to be conducted in low-Earth orbit as part of the USIP-Illinois cubesat mission.