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.
$75,000.00
Jan 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Encrustation Testing Services for Catheter Medical Device Companies
1014200
Encrustation of urinary catheters due to mineral buildup is a common problem, enhanced by the presence/biofilm formation of microbes involved in urinary tract infections, causing pain and catheter blockage. Firm is developing methods to test coated urinary catheters for anti-encrustation properties, and has a pilot test system that has been client-trialed, but the process needs to be properly validated to be advertised as part of Firm's contract research. This project will ensure ruggedness/data reproducibility, develop tests for encrustation of urinary catheter interiors and apply Firm's flow-loop system, and develop methods for use with additional relevant pathogens, resulting in a fully-validated encrustation assay.
$30,000.00
Apr 1, 2019
For-profit organization
Upgrading the Current BEST Assay Platform to Include Intraluminal and Extraluminal Conditioning and Microbial Challange in Parallel
922533
improving and developing a new BEST assay (Biofilm Eradication Surface Testing) for testing of antimicrobial coating on medical devices specifically catheters and stents (urinary, venous, endotracheal,...etc.). This will allow the intraluminal conditioning of the device to be done concurrently with the extraluminal conditioning which is one step closer to clinical setting in hospitals. The new BEST assay will be used in an independent validation testing for coated medical devices before it gets the approval from FDA.