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.
$2,500,000.00
Aug 26, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Institutional Support to the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
7421947 P009631001
This contribution provides short-term strategic support for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) - an African-led model in tertiary education in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), which Canada helped expand into a Pan-African network of centres of excellence for post-graduate training, research and public engagement in mathematical sciences. This funding will provide the needed stability for AIMS to consolidate its operations and renew its policy coverage in the face of rapid growth in program areas such as climate change, industry linkages and artificial intelligence. African-led and based, endorsed by the African Union, with over 15 partnerships with African universities and a strong long-standing Canadian connection, AIMS will be able to more economically and efficiently deliver educational opportunities throughout its network, which enables Africa’s brightest students to become creative thinkers, solution creators and innovators that propel scientific, educational and economic self-sufficiency on the continent. To date, AIMS has produced almost two thousand young Master’s level graduates (of which 33% women), representing 43 countries throughout Africa.