Grants and Contributions
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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
Jan 12, 2026
For-profit organization
Accelerated ICAP 2025 –Netherlands– International Co-Innovation Action Plan
1039207
This International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project will prepare the firm to enter into future international co-innovation work in the Netherlands.
$75,000.00
Apr 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Japan MNE – IDDF: Development of an Ice Detection and Deice Film for use on vehicles
1030889
Betterfrost will be working with a global leader of patterned, 2 layer, transparent conductive films that can be used for ice detection and ice removal. In this project, our Japanese partner will be making prototype 2 sided, patterned films to our requirements. We will test the films and share with automakers for feedback on interest in applications for windshields, headlamps and cameras.
$3,989,275.00
Mar 9, 2025
For-profit organization
Low Energy Defrost and Defog for Commercial EV Trucks
EIP-OTD-206
This project is mostly related to technology demonstration.
$100,000.00
Dec 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Advanced defrosting/defogging technology development
1026036
Betterfrost will develop a thermal simulation model for fog formation and fog prevention. This simulation will be used on surfaces such as the interior glass used in vehicles and eVTOLs. Current models treat the glass as a boundary layer and ignore the detailed thermal transfer behavior inside of multi-layered, multi-material glass and the thermal transfer at multiple boundary layers between these layers and the outside / inside air flows. This simulation will be validated against climatic wind tunnel testing and help us reduce or eliminate the need for this type of testing which is very expensive at $2-10k per hour.
$50,000.00
Nov 1, 2023
For-profit organization
ICAP 2023 – Betterfrost Technologies development of new applications for light-weight, heated window systems for transportation
1012817
Betterfrost is a low-energy surface heating and defrost technology company. We are looking to identify co-innovation partners who develop new light-weight materials and focus on the transportation markets and who are interested in providing innovative solutions for the fast growing, emerging Electric Vehicle (EV) market.
We are going into international markets to work with partners that provide materials and controls that will enable our Betterfrost solution to be adopted by Global EV OEMs faster and more widely.
We are using co-innovation as a mechanism to develop a lightweight window system that works with our low-energy heating technology and has applications for EVs in car, truck and aircraft (eVTOL).
$188,000.00
Aug 1, 2022
For-profit organization
Automotive Converter for Rapid and Energy-Efficient Windshield Deicing and Defogging
995298
This project aims to provide a solution to defrost the developed ice on windshields through electrical power signals. The proposal is designed to defrost the ice in a very short period of time with respect to typical HVAC solutions. The targeted windshields are coated with a conductive solar friendly transparent sublayers that reduces the effect of solar UV exposure and allows the integration of the proposed solution.
$10,000.00
May 3, 2022
For-profit organization
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement
990372
The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm.
$95,000.00
May 4, 2020
For-profit organization
Improving solar energy harvest under severe winter conditions using pulsed electro-thermal de-icing (PETD) technology
950235
Development of a modular step-up converter for a rapid and efficient de-icing system of solar panels. The converter main features are high-efficiency, simplicity, and low cost.
$32,250.00
Apr 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Rapid Deicing/Defogging of Automotive Windshields
947939
Betterfrost has developed and tested a new de-icing method, called pulse electro-thermal de-icing (PETD), which significantly reduces the time, energy, and cost needed for de-icing - often by a factor of 20.
$70,000.00
Jan 7, 2019
For-profit organization
Modular step-up converter prototype development for de-icing and defogging system applied to internal combustion engine vehicle windshields
920518
Development of a 10kW modular step-up converter for de-icing and defogging (PETD) of internal combustion engine vehicle windshields. The converter main features are modularity, high-efficiency and variable output voltage.