Grants and Contributions

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Piikani Nation to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Fording River Extension Project.

Grant as part of the Research Program to Lauren Efford to assist in facilitating the development and use of rigorous and innovative science, techniques, and methods to ensure the conduct of high quality assessments and assessment decision-making based on science and knowledge.

This project works to increase the economic prosperity of women and youth in more sustainable agricultural markets. The project also works to promote women’s leadership and decision-making in the agriculture sector. Climate change and climate-induced natural disasters present a major risk to crop production in the Caribbean, where agriculture is an important source of employment for rural communities. The project targets five low to middle-income Caribbean countries, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Suriname, with the greatest potential for climate smart economic growth. Project activities include: (1) engaging multiple stakeholders, including established country partners, to create links between key market actors; (2) providing training, information sharing, and outreach to women and youth to strengthen their capacity; (3) coordinating gender sensitive social outreach and engagement campaigns targeting market actors, to address barriers and enhance access to inclusive, sustainable and climate resilient agricultural market systems; and (4) fostering climate resilient approaches (re-orienting agricultural development for sustainability), at every stage and via every market actor in the agricultural value chain.

The project expects to benefit up to 48,000 people, including 12,000 farmers (of which 75% are women or youth) and their families. The project also aims to reach 340,000 people through the project’s communications efforts.

This contribution will support the recipient to host the International Secretariat of University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) in order to increase academic cooperation and student exchanges between Canada and the rest of the region.

DFATD’s International Scholarship Program wishes to support the recipient to enhance the international profile of Canada as a source of quality education and create interest abroad on Canada.

This grant will support the recipient to host the International Secretariat of University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) in order to increase academic cooperation and student exchanges between Canada and the rest of the region.

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Moral Trauma on the Frontline – See, Prevent and Treat Challenge. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in collaboration with Canada’s defence, security and public safety communities are looking for state-of-the-art research on “moral injury” and cutting edge prevention models and treatment strategies, in support of DND/CAF personnel, healthcare workers and First Responders at the front lines of the current pandemic, in order to provide for the long-term mental health of these populations.

The surface of Mars has been under
exploration by landers and orbiters for
decades. From the planetary geologists
point of view, there are three critical
pieces of information that enable us to
determine the rock type: mineralogy,
chemical composition, and textures.
Mineralogy is the most important of these.
Most rover instruments measure chemical
information from minerals. It is desirable
to deploy an instrument to obtain
complementary crystal structural
information from minerals.

The project will enable continued
development and testing of a Miniaturized
in situ X-ray Diffractometer for
Mineralogical Characterization of Planetary
Surfaces (ISXRD), to perform in situ
analysis on intact Mars-analogue samples on
Earth, with the goal of eventual deployment
on Mars. Furthermore, another objective is
to develop a Mars-relevant sample
collection for testing purposes.

International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project. Raymor Industries is a carbon-based, high-purity nanomaterial manufacturing company for high performance electronics. This project aims to identify co-innovation partners who can develop a polymer synthetic process to integrate their graphene to produce a light-weight, high-strength, flexible, bio-degradable and conductive bioplastic for the European market.

The purpose of this agreement is to offset additional costs associated with COVID-19 safety measures faced by small and medium-sized forest sector enterprises (SME).