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.
$287,800.00
Dec 1, 2022
For-profit organization
CSA project - Mobile AI-driven Crop Sentry Device with Integrated Sensor Array
1003710
This project will support a feasibility assessment for the development of an innovative AI-driven mobile device and sensor array for real-time, autonomous, non-destructive crop monitoring. A data aggregator will combine scan data with field-centric sensor data together with wide-scale data to provide a complete temporal and geo-spatial data record of crop growth.
$400,000.00
Nov 26, 2021
For-profit organization
Crop Sentry - AI-Driven Device for Real-Time Autonomous 3D Crop Monitoring
22AO2-AIRM-002
Farmers and agronomists spend substantial time travelling to each field to monitor plant health, disease, and the environment. AIRM Consulting is developing an innovative artificial intelligence-driven device for sensor-based 3D autonomous ground-truthing that integrates light detection and ranging (lidar) and multi-spectral sensors. Computer vision and machine learning are used to provide a real-time solution that is scalable, mobile, and optimized leading to novel quantitative data and crop monitoring, driving adoption of precision agriculture-based technologies with applications to decision support and insurance. This new technological solution will overcome hurdles pertaining to cost, scale/range, image quality, computational intensity and seamless interoperability.
$495,000.00
Sep 1, 2021
For-profit organization
Phase 1 - Crop Sentry - AI-Driven Device for Real-Time Autonomous Crop Monitoring
977288
Farmers and agronomists spend substantial time physically travelling to monitor crops. The project is focused on developing an innovative AI-driven device for sensor-based autonomous ground-truthing. Computer vision and ML-based approaches are being used to provide a real-time solution that is scalable to provide best-in-class crop monitoring.
$37,500.00
Apr 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Usage-Based Agricultural Insurance Using Federated Machine Learning for International Markets
944635
The intent of this project is to develop key market contacts and potential collaborators, as well as to obtain legal expertise to develop a strategy for licensing or sale of the product, intellectual property protection.