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.
$495,000.00
Feb 16, 2026
For-profit organization
Accelerating the adoption of sustainable alternatives to plastics
1040796
This project advances Erthos’ materials R&D (Erthos Ingredients) and its AI platform, ZYA, to accelerate the design, validation, and scale-up of sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging, particularly flexible films and paper-based applications. Experimental R&D on biopolymers, lipids, proteins, and other bio-based ingredients will generate drop-in replacements for LDPE films and PFAS-based coatings. The resulting chemistry and physics insights will directly inform ZYA’s hybrid machine learning models, improving predictive accuracy and robustness. The project will implement novel ML techniques, validate predictions through laboratory testing, expand modeling to new material classes, and deliver repulpable, scalable materials alongside a
$7,663.50
Feb 1, 2026
For-profit organization
Erthos Inc.-2025-2026-1038877
1038877
The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.
$30,000.00
May 8, 2025
For-profit organization
Erthos Inc.-2025-2026-1035521
1035521
The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.
$75,000.00
Oct 15, 2024
For-profit organization
Develop Unsupervised Learning Capabilities for Erthos' AI Engine
1023037
Erthos is developing a machine learning AI platform to advance sustainable material innovation, addressing critical challenges in material science and biomaterials development. The project aims to overcome data limitations by testing novel modeling techniques and expanding engineering talent to streamline R&D processes and accelerate market introduction.
$27,500.00
Apr 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Erthos Inc.-2024-2025-1016900
1016900
The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.
$247,688.00
Jan 1, 2023
For-profit organization
Demonstration of Compostable Biocomposites using Biobased Additives
1002298
Erthos Inc. has developed a proof of concept (POC) to develop and implement a biobased, compostable solution that leverages biobased additives found both in nature and developed internally, to optimize, tune and strengthen their plant-powered compostable biocomposite resin formulations, and to achieve the following technological advancements:
1) Viable injection moulding of the compostable resins;
2) Viable film cast extrusion of the compostable biocomposite resins;
3) Viable biocomposite resins for production in commercial-scale extruders;
4) Development of internal formulae to understand material end of life behaviour
The proposed work plan consists of five (5) main activities as described below.