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.
$1,331,809.00
Jun 18, 2020
Other
SARS-CoV-2 Point of Care Test Development
This project is to develop and qualify a rapid Point-of-Care diagnostic test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. The test will be run on a portable reader that will be capable of operating in a clinic or in the field using a battery power source.
$1,496,021.00
Oct 23, 2019
Academia
AutoDefence: Towards Trustworthy Technologies for Autonomous Human-Machine Systems
The AutoDefence Micro-net research objective is to develop trustworthy technologies for autonomous human-machine systems applied in dynamic and contested defence environments.
To address the above practical challenges, the AutoDefence Micro-net will focus on the following three major research themes:
1) Cognitive Platform for Trusted Support: Novel methodologies to design trustworthy decision-support systems will be developed.
2) Cognitive Cycle of Machine Learning: Focus on cognitive load determination for semiautonomous systems in contested environments, autonomous learning systems for defence robots, unmanned systems, reliable target recognition, autonomous decision-support, and real-time battle-field awareness and cognition.
3) Distributed/Networked Autonomous Systems: Development of innovative machine learning and signal processing solutions for attack/intrusion modeling, detection, and isolation focusing on autonomy, distributed cooperation, and event-based nature of multi-agent systems.
$1,480,884.00
Oct 9, 2019
Academia
SENTRYNET: Developing trust between soldiers, civilians, and robots.
The SENTRYNET project explores technical and operational issues associated with developing trust within human-robot interactions. It provides an opportunity to explore trust in two critical domains: trust between asset-centric personnel and the sentry robot, and trust between the sentry robot and visitors to the facility.
$1,499,578.00
Oct 9, 2019
Academia
Effective Human-Machine Cooperation with Intelligent Adaptive Autonomous Systems.
The project is focusing on collaborative research efforts to develop an operator-vehicle trust management system as a central component of a conceptual architecture for Intelligent Adaptive Systems.
$1,499,814.00
Aug 15, 2019
Academia
Flexible, Stretchable and Self-Healable Optoelectronic Materials for Detection Avoidance and Physical Protection
The objective of this Micro-net is to develop innovative advanced materials, disruptive technologies and devices for military applications and provide a fundamental insight of the underlying processes governing materials and device performance. The proposed research includes materials processing and patterning, device fabrication and advanced characterization of fundamental materials properties.
$1,499,340.00
Aug 15, 2019
Academia
Development of Advanced Materials for Improved Protection against Balistic Impact, Wear and Corrosion Damage with Additive Manufacturing and Cold Spraying
The ever-increasing need to improve the effectiveness of Canadian military missions through increased protection and survivability of personnel and platforms urgently requires the development of advanced materials with enhanced properties to combat the various forms of kinetic and non-kinetic threats, without sacrificing mobility and maneuverability. This proposed research focuses on addressing this key challenge.
$1,500,000.00
Aug 15, 2019
Academia
Terahertz to Mid-Infrared Compact Photonic Platform on Scalable Semiconductor Technology
The Micro-net brings together a multidisciplinary team of research experts to implement tunable compact photonic platform on emerging group IV SiGeSn semiconductors to address current challenges facing the development of silicon-integrated light sources, detectors, and sensors operating in the part of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum covering from the terahertz to the mid-infrared.
The proposed innovative materials and devices provide direct access to scalable photonic systems in the THz-to-MIR range. This capability will facilitate photonic emitters and detectors and create a viable path for ultra-broadband compact photonic technologies
$1,500,000.00
Aug 15, 2019
Academia
Artificially Intelligent Biomimetic Metasurfaces for Eloctromagnetic Camouflage
A novel technology for detection avoidance of military personal and platforms is proposed by taking inspiration from octopus camouflaging strategy, where they tune their spectral signature to that of their surroundings to become effectively invisible. Their sensing, processing and reconfiguring capability will be mimicked using engineered electromagnetic (EM) metasurfaces. These reconfigurable metasurfaces will be equipped with smart sensing networks for environment monitoring and autonomous decision making powers based on Artificial Intelligence (AI), i.e. a biomimetic metasurface.
The objective of the proposed research is to develop these biomimetic metasurfaces in various spectral bands from RF to optics, based on various exotic physical effects, with multi-spectral operation capabilities.