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.
$25,000.00
Dec 1, 2022
Academia
The feasibility and best practices of micro-insurance for urban agriculture
ARI-IAR-MG-34
The objective of this project is to investigate the feasibility of a micro-insurance product for urban agriculture and best practices, to address the lack of financial risk mitigation tools in the urban agriculture field.
$32,766.00
Nov 1, 2021
Academia
Optimizing Methods to Monitor Pesticides in Agriculture-Adjacent Streams
ARI-IAR-MG-30
The objective of this project aims to improve on traditional sampling methodologies by comparing grab and composite sampling approaches, using a rainfall-activated sampling device, and sampling sediments and biofilms.
$50,000.00
Aug 1, 2021
Academia
Addressing the risks of rare earth element contamination in Ontario soils
ARI-IAR-MG-22
The objective of this project is to study the biochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) and characterize
their potential impacts in agricultural soils on soil microbiota, plants and their physiological responses.
$25,000.00
Jul 19, 2021
Academia
Phosphorus Recovery as Fertilizer from Ottawa Municipal Biosolids
ARI-IAR-MG-19
The objective of this project is to increase the phosphorus (P) nutrient value and other soil supplements (sulphur, calcium, and silica) in the biosolids produced by the Ottawa municipal wastewater treatment plant, with an inexpensive and low-risk process that could be replicated at other similar wastewater treatment plants to provide local farmers with locally generated enriched biosolids.
$49,720.00
Jul 19, 2021
Academia
Advancing precision agronomy for minimizing the production risk
ARI-IAR-MG-23
The objective of this project is to develop a mobile and web-based application tool that uses low-cost remote sensors to deliver easy to understand, robust information to farmers enabling the precision application of fertilizer and other inputs that maximizes healthy growth and production of crops in Northwestern Ontario.
$50,000.00
Jun 28, 2021
Academia
Growing Futures: Mitigating Agricultural Risks with RPAS Technology
ARI-IAR-MG-28
The objective of this project is to grow futures: mitigating agricultural risks with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) technology
$50,000.00
Jun 6, 2021
Academia
Innovative Design, Development, and Testing of a Plant Disease Control Technology
ARI-IAR-MG-26
The objective of this project is to design a disease control technology using artificial intelligence to identify potato blackleg disease caused by several species of bacteria.
$46,000.00
Jun 3, 2021
Academia
Improving risk management of nitrogen fertilizer use with late applications
ARI-IAR-MG-29
The objective of this project is: 1) to estimate the probability of soil conditions that promote nitrogen losses via leaching, volatilization, and N2O emissions across different nitrogen application timings, 2) to compare the financial implications of nitrogen applications methods on corn crops by comparing estimated yields and determining the economically optimum nitrogen rate per method, and 3) to identify how different late stage nitrogen management strategies (placement, source, rate) influence economic, agronomic, and environmental outcomes.
$50,000.00
Jun 2, 2021
Academia
Real-time Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Built on Internet of Things
ARI-IAR-MG-27
The objective of this project is real-time antimicrobial resistance surveillance built on Internet of Things
$50,000.00
Jun 1, 2021
Academia
Using RPAS to manage precision irrigation and climate risk on potato farms
ARI-IAR-MG-24
The objective of this project is to refine the use of remotely-piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) as a tool to manage precision irrigation (PI) and climate risk on potato farms.