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.
$300,000.00
Aug 1, 2025
For-profit organization
Experimentation to optimize business processes for frontline operations in industrial manufacturing
1034580
This project will test hypotheses and experiment with new mechanisms to optimize a repeatable and scalable business process, which may result in new business methods for frontline operations in industrial manufacturing.
$5,000.00
Apr 17, 2024
For-profit organization
Participation in the Canadian Agtech co-innovation mission to The Netherlands – June 10 to 14, 2024
1018648
Participation in the Canadian agtech mission and the GreenTech Amsterdam June 10 to 14, 2024. Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to establish relationships with key customers, end-users,
investors and other international firms, and to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas under the Eureka, Eurostars, and Cluster Programs.
$500,000.00
May 1, 2023
For-profit organization
AI Powered Robot Programming using Natural Language
1007148
Building on previous work to build an AI vision system to sort and inspect products, Laplace Robotics is developing a product intended to democratize AI usage in food manufacturing by integrating large language models (LLMs) into our existing technology. With this solution, manufacturers will gain the ability to program their robots using simple commands, reducing their reliance on manual labour and opening the possibility of AI-enabled robotics in areas where it is currently not used.
$150,000.00
Sep 1, 2022
For-profit organization
Conveyor Sorting Robot with Integrated AI Vision System for Food Manufacturing
997829
Singulation, sortation, and visual inspection of food products before they are fed into packaging machines is one of the most labor intensive processes in food manufacturing. Laplace Robotics is building a core technology needed to singulate, sort and reject food products on a live conveyor using AI vision technology.