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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.
$500,000.00
Jan 25, 2023
For-profit organization
MagQSpace – high accuracy diamond magnetometry for space exploration
22STDPT07
Earth’s magnetic field is key to reliable navigation, providing heading and orientation as would a compass do. We already use a World Magnetic Model (WMM) to know which way we are headed on the street. However, the magnetic pole is moving – requiring constant updates of the WMM.
MagQSpace’s objective is to ready a high accuracy diamond based vector magnetometer for its space deployment on a CubeSat, to generate high quality magnetic field data for the WMM. SBQuantum has prototyped the technology on ground, but its operation in a space environment is still to be demonstrated. This project will test the quantum magnetometer for radiation, thermal, vibe and vacuum for its space deployment. In addition to providing the base map for all navigation systems heading measurements, the rugged magnetometer will also improve mining geological interpretation for battery minerals discoveries. It will also provide magnetic based navigation on planets where positioning network are missing.