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.
$40,000.00
Apr 1, 2021
For-profit organization
Optimizing Fungi Reduction with UVC light
971172
A major challenge facing the agricultural industry, and in particular greenhouse and indoor growers, is the impact pathogens have on crop yield, both quantity and quality. Powdery mildew poses a significant threat to a number of agricultural crops.
Following the onset of COVID-19, the use of UVC as a disinfectant has taken off. A number of lighting companies have emerged to provide the market with UVC based solutions for room and instrument disinfection. The application of UVC with plants is a new approach to plant protection, only recently made possible with the discovery of night time UVC application. Our project will identify:
• The optimal UVC dosage.
• The optimal apparatus to support the application of the UVC for each crop.
$50,000.00
Jun 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Pest Control Feasibility Study
949212
A major challenge facing the agricultural industry, and in particular greenhouse and indoor growers, is the impact pathogens have on crop yield, both quantity and quality. Experts assess the average crop loss at over 20% for the five major crops globally (wheat, rice, maize, potato and soybean). The economic impact caused by pathogens is especially deep in the cannabis industry where the value of the crop is the highest. This project will investigate the effectiveness of a novel application of blue light (405 nm) for managing pathogens. The Pathogen Control Light (PCL) has the potential to revolutionize how cultivators control pathogens in greenhouse and indoor facilities.