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.
$2,407,969.19
Mar 4, 2025
For-profit organization
Glacier: Utility-Scale Wave-powered Sustainable Desalination
1029422
UNICEF estimates that two billion people live in countries where water supply is inadequate and that half the world’s population could be facing water scarcity by 2050. The world increasingly needs affordable, sustainable drinking water supplies at large volumes and is turning to conventional desalination, which is expensive, dirty, and unsustainable. Almost half the cost of traditional desalination pays for fuel, creating a carbon footprint that is on average 2.0 kg CO2e/m3 of water produced. While the desalination industry uses seawater as an input, it does not take advantage of the immense energy in ocean waves proximal to the input resource. Using wave energy instead of fossil fuels to power desalination plants presents tremendous opportunities to reduce GHG emissions.The project, led by Oneka Technologies, aims to scale up its wave-powered desalination buoys to utility-scale units, called “Glaciers”. The project will allow Oneka and its partners to deploy their redesigned hull & structure, design and deploy seabed anchoring approaches adapted to Glacier class buoys and develop operational and maintenance innovations at scale while serving as a platform to gather real-time operational data and market the technology to utility-scale users. The project will also allow the team to cost-engineer Glacier for competitiveness with the conventional desalination industry at any scale, consuming zero fossil fuels, producing zero operational emissions and using no land.
$3,000.00
Jun 7, 2022
For-profit organization
ADP – Participation in the Canadian partnering mission to the EUREKA Global Innovation Summit in Portugal – June 20-24, 2022
991310
Participation in the Canadian ocean technology partnering mission to the EUREKA Global Innovation Summit (EGIS) in Portugal – June 20-24, 2022. Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas under the EUREKA, Eurostars, and Cluster Programs.
$43,800.00
Jul 6, 2021
For-profit organization
YEP - Marketing and Communication
975270
Develop a marketing plan and promote Oneka's technology products.
$333,149.00
Aug 6, 2020
For-profit organization
400057638
400057638
Working capital : In the context of the crisis caused by the pandemic at COVID-19, the project aims to ensure the continuity of the activities of a company that specializes in the development and commercialization of sustainable autonomous desalination systems that convert seawater into drinking water using the energy of wave movement.
$71,148.00
Apr 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Innovation Assistance Program
951204
The funding provided from the IAP program is to assist innovative, early stage small-and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.
$50,000.00
Dec 20, 2018
For-profit organization
ARP - Improvement and validation of a desalination and filtration system
920960
Oneka will validate an autonomous desalination system with very low maintenance under real operating conditions. This project will bring together more competitive technology in a wider variety of markets.
$295,000.00
Sep 18, 2018
For-profit organization
400053777
400053777
R&D activities and commercialization strategy: The project aims to start a company that will design, assemble and commercialize innovative autonomous marine water desalination units.