Grants and Contributions
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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.
$247,835.00
Nov 1, 2021
For-profit organization
Commercialization of next-generation Time-of-Flight LIDAR
983462
The primary goal of this project is leverage the fundamental principles of Lumibird's proven LIDAR technology, to implement improvements in product performance, robustness, and reliability into its existing, commercial, products.
$435,005.00
Jan 26, 2021
For-profit organization
OPALS: Enabling autonomous robotics in the new space economy
20STDPO10
There is currently a strong, and growing, demand for technologies and products in autonomous robotic applications for many sectors, including space, to improve productivity, repeatability and safety while operating reliably in harsh environments. While Lumibird's Obscurant Penetrating LIDAR (OPAL) is being integrated in many projects (e.g. mining, airports and subsea inspection & mapping), the widespread adoption of LIDAR based vision systems is constrained by their overall envelope (mass, size, power) and cost.
The objective of this project is to design, develop and test a fully integrated prototype of the OPAL Nano LIDAR based vision system for autonomous robotic applications, specifically targeted at new-space lunar missions. This project aims to achieve a next-generation LIDAR system that would drastically reduce the system's mass, size and power consumption footprint. This new system will leverage aspects of both commercial and space designs, which in turn will reduce costs and generate sales in emerging automation markets.
$60,000.00
Dec 7, 2020
For-profit organization
Ruggedized LIDAR for Harsh Environments
962778
The primary goal of this project is to enhance the existing, and proven, OPAL 3 product line by offering superior performance, with high reliability, using a robust design, in harsh environments, to enable deeper penetration of this type of LIDAR into existing markets.