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.
$322,500.00
Mar 13, 2026
For-profit organization
Phase-controlled quantum devices
1040647
The nanowire quantum dot photon emitter platform has reached a level of maturity where architectures for scalable entanglement distribution can be considered. To harness and deploy entangled photons in future quantum networks, components for tuning, routing, and encoding them at cryogenic temperatures are required. The project involves an on-chip solution based on actuated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) coupled to optical systems. MEMS tailored for compatibility with the nanowire geometry will
be designed to efficiently tune the dielectric environment of photonic structures such as waveguides. This process can enable a wide variety of devices such as path-entanglement encoders, quantum gates, and nanobeam cavities for nanowire emission enhancement. Foundry processing will be developed to fabricate devices in both the Si and SiN platforms. NRC’s capabilities in nanopositioning will be used for integrating the MEMS - nanowire components. This work will be an important resource in the evelopment of architectures for wide-scale entanglement distribution
$212,000.00
Apr 1, 2025
For-profit organization
Rapid-prototyping and high-volume manufacturing of metasurfaces and metalenses
1029047
Metasurfaces, with their compact size and broadband performance, are poised to revolutionize optics industries, however, the lack of accessible fabrication services hinders their widespread adoption. We plan to bridge this gap by adding a dedicated metasurfaces option to our NanoSOI™ foundry, which is utilized by leading companies in quantum computing (QC), artificial intelligence (AI), LIDAR, and sensing.
Adding dedicated metasurface and metalens fabrication capacity to our existing foundry will position our company for the future growth that is expected to occur in the field of advanced materials and optics for applications in electronics devices, high-speed computing, AI, and advanced imaging.
$3,000.00
Oct 11, 2023
For-profit organization
EUREKA cluster Xecs: Participation in Canadian partnering mission to 2023 PIC Summit in the Netherlands
1011569
Participation in the NRC IRAP’s PIC Summit Europe mission held in the Netherlands, November 6-10, 2023, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas for the 2023 Xecs Call for Proposals.
$135,996.00
Jan 31, 2022
For-profit organization
Nanofabrication of SiN quantum photonic chip components
987807
This project will develop nanofabrication technology required for the quantum photonic components of the Small Teams Ideation fund project “Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits for Quantum Interconnects”. Several fabrication runs per year will be performed to develop and verify the nanofabrication technology for producing chips with SiN waveguide components designed by NRC and the Small Team project partners. The components will be characterized by NRC with support other project partners.
$150,000.00
May 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Development of X-ray Lithography Processes for Volume Manufacturing of High-energy X-ray Optics and Gratings
947986
While existing products developed over the last few years have propelled Applied Nanotools Inc. (ANT) to be a leading supplier of X-ray optics worldwide, current fabrication methods have limited capacity to address growing requirements for higher specifications, particularly where the field is trending which is toward higher energy systems.
$3,140.00
Mar 31, 2018
Establishing research collaboration with Applied Nanotool Inc. in ultrafast wide-field x-ray imaging
IGP