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.
$50,000.00
Aug 25, 2025
For-profit organization
Product Market Fit - Expansion to a New Market
1034540
Cognitive Systems Inc. (CSI) has developed and validated a unique technology for the monitoring and optimization of electric rotating assets. This technology has seen successful adoption for ESP (Electric Submersible Pump) operations in SAGD oil production in Alberta, Canada. The primary objective of this project is to leverage the learnings from this deployment and apply them to a new market—either targeting other electric rotating assets such as compressors or gas turbines, or expanding into new geographic regions.
$30,000.00
May 1, 2025
For-profit organization
Youth - Mechanical Engineer
1030263
CSI is seeking funding support to hire and train a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate with exceptional aptitude in mathematics and engineering fundamentals. Although she does not yet possess the specific skillsets required for our operations, her strong analytical capabilities and technical foundation make her an ideal candidate for development into a specialized role.
The objective of this project is to provide a structured 10–12 month training program focused on embedded systems design, with particular emphasis on C programming and data analysis from our proprietary hardware. This program will equip her with the practical, software-focused skills necessary to contribute effectively to our R&D and product optimization effort.
$25,000.00
Feb 1, 2025
For-profit organization
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
1027721
The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.
$25,000.00
Jun 10, 2024
For-profit organization
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
1019308
The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm.
$5,419.00
Dec 20, 2020
For-profit organization
Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2.5
968673
- The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.
$14,426.00
Jun 25, 2020
For-profit organization
Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2
962492
The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.
$10,164.00
Apr 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Innovation Assistance Program
950788
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.
$1,538.00
Dec 13, 2019
For-profit organization
CanExport Innovation - AB Cognitive Systems Inc. 2019-2020
7415963 P008801001
The purpose of this CanExport Innovation grant agreement is to support organizations and to build on targeted relationships between Canadian companies/researchers and key organizations in other countries to allow them to proceed with formal discussions to initiate collaboration(s) on future international R&D initiatives that could lead to commercialization of Canadian technologies.
$620,000.00
Sep 2, 2019
For-profit organization
Analogue to Digital Algorithms - Failure Prediction/Prevention for Rotating Electric Machinery (REM)
934733
CSI is developing a failure prediction and prevention platform for 3-phase electric machines (motors/generators). The non-intrusive condition monitoring part of this technology can identify existing and developing faults on electric machines and their prime movers. This technology uses the electric machine itself as a sophisticated transducer. As a result, it does not require any sensor installations on the machine or associated load. It is attractive for inaccessible applications and is applicable to most types of pumps, compressors, generators, wind turbines and similar loads.
$47,400.00
Feb 1, 2019
For-profit organization
Failure Prediction and Prevention Platform for Electric Rotary Equipment
925744
AB Cognitive Systems is developing a non-intrusive technology for condition monitoring, failure prediction and prevention of electric rotary equipment (predictive vibration analysis). By combining the power of high fidelity data and in-depth domain knowledge, the company helps industries increase the mean time between failures while mitigating vibrations and decreasing energy consumption. This technology doesn't require any external sensor installation on the motor or associated loads.