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.
$280,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
The project will address the ongoing validation, development and improvement of soil moisture retrieval methods from in-situ and SMAP data. The project will also look at the applications of data assimilation techniques to improve the modelling of the spatial distribution of energy, water, and carbon fluxes.
$255,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
This project will use ground measurements to validate the data products from the SMAP satellite by supporting a ground network in Northern Quebec; testing and validating the SMAP data product to monitor the soil Freeze/Thaw state at medium and high resolution over the tundra and the boreal forest in Canada and; develop a hydrothermal model to provide soil moisture and Freeze/Thaw information in high spatial and temporal resolution at a watershed level.
$161,584.00
Mar 31, 2015
This project will use ground measurements to validate the data products from the SMAP satellite. These data will originate from an intensive field campaign in southeastern Manitoba in 2016 (SMAPVEX16) to collect high density surface soil moisture observations along nine permanent soil profile moisture monitoring sites.
$280,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
This research project will focus on enhanced predictions of surface energy fluxes and ecosystem productivity through improved satellite observation and assimilation of soil moisture data from in-situ and SMAP data. In addition, the project aims to further develop the Canadian Land Data Assimilation System (CaLDAS) using a coupled water and carbon cycle modeling methodology and a parameter optimization scheme.
$220,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
This research project will use data collected by field experiments and SAMP data to develop methods to assimilate and disaggregate soil moisture in an ecosystem model for improving the simulations of the soil moisture and energy, water and carbon fluxes and for optimizing water-related model parameters. The project will also provide a coupled water and carbon cycle model for the further development of the CaLDAS used for weather and hydrological forecasts.
$560,000.00
Mar 31, 2015
Assessment of the capabilities of the SWOT mission for improving the water balance of a large northern wetland complex
This proposed research project is to assess the capacities of the SWOT mission, jointly with other remote sensing observations, to improve the water balance of the Peace-Athabasca-Delta (PAD) in Alberta, and in particular the storage variations of the large lakes and wetlands found in this area.
$289,200.00
Mar 31, 2015
Academia
Anticipating Altimetric measurements of interactions between internal waves and geostrophic flows
14SUSWOTTO
This proposed research project intends to derive conceptual models of processes of interactions between oceanic internal waves, fronts, and other flows existing on similar scales. The team will also work to improve knowledge on coastal currents, mesoscale and submesoscale features, tides, marine winds and waves from existing nadir altimetry data, and to improve tide, circulation and wave models and to develop technique that can effectively integrate simulated SWOT data into the models.
$920,919.00
Mar 30, 2015
Multi-year contribution agreement for fiscal years 2013/2014 to 2015/2016 inclusive. Amendment in the amount of $394,208 to Contribution Agreement reported January 1 to March 31, 2015.
$28,617.00
Mar 30, 2015
One year agreement for fiscal year 2015/16.