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.
$38,892.00
Sep 29, 2021
For-profit organization
Coastal Western Screech-Owl Studies And Nocturnal Wildlife Inventory Within Old Growth Ecosystems of Southwest BC
$118,000.00
May 15, 2018
For-profit organization
Further development and commercialization of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods to detect presence of species of management interest.
908380
Hemmera is advancing eDNA studies to improve methods for detection of species at risk. Current studies are focused on optimizing sensitivity and accuracy of eDNA methods in a commercial laboratory setting for detection of target taxa. Our approach to commercialization is to develop methodology that incorporates rigorous quality assurance and quality control, thereby improving eDNA yield, accuracy, and precision in targeting species and improving consistency in intra- and inter-laboratory analysis and results. A prototype panel for seventeen (17) species of interest (i.e., species-specific primers) has been developed and is being tested in both the field and laboratory.