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.

Found 14 records

$50,000.00

Apr 4, 2022

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Developing a Motorsport Data Analysis System (MDAS) with Machine Learning

Agreement Number:

988070

Duration: from Apr 4, 2022 to Mar 15, 2023
Description:

The MDAS system is designed to analyze motorsport drivers practicing in simulators and deliver actionable insights to improve their performance.

Organization: National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Location: St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador, CA A1C 6M9

$200,000.00

Jan 4, 2021

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Pandemic Outlook in Remote Areas

Agreement Number:

CPCA-0083

Duration: from Jan 4, 2021 to Jul 3, 2021
Description:

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Rapid Response: Real-time Insights for Pandemic Decision Making Challenge.
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in collaboration with Canada’s defence, security and public safety communities is looking for innovative epidemiological and healthcare solutions involving data gathering and data analytics technologies to support the early detection and community-based surveillance of outbreaks of contagious diseases. The goal is to provide actionable insights and to permit rapid decision-making with respect to the full emergency preparedness spectrum.

Organization: National Defence
Program Name: Innovation for Defence Excellence and and Security
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA V6V 2J3

$300,000.00

Nov 9, 2020

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Detecting Object Behaviour of Interest Using Deep Learning

Agreement Number:

AO2020-MDA

Duration: from Nov 9, 2020 to Mar 1, 2022
Description:

Title: Detecting Object Behaviour of Interest Using Deep Learning

Use advances in deep learning to develop a system for detecting object behaviour of interest from satellite imagery.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA V6V 2J3

$408,312.00

Jun 5, 2020

For-profit organization

Agreement:

Onboard Closed-loop Tracking for Space Situational Awareness Applications

Agreement Number:

20STDPK17

Duration: from Jun 5, 2020 to May 30, 2022
Description:

(20STDPK17) This project adds a game changing capability to Space Situational Awareness (SSA) domain to protect satellites against emerging and evolving threats.
Current space surveillance satellites have a system response time of up to 32 hours in revisiting and tracking Resident Space Objects (RSO) threats. The capabilities developed here enable a space surveillance satellite to do onboard closed-loop tracking of RSOs in real time, providing intelligence and threat alerts with no latency.
This project will explore cutting edge machine learning methods for object detection in SSA domain as well as take advantage of state-of-the-art System on a Chip hardware for application deployment.
The biggest benefit to Canadian public is the protection of critical Canadian Space infrastructure including telecommunications satellites, Canadian surveillance missions, and weather & climate monitoring missions.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA V6V 2J3

$101,911.00

May 10, 2019
Description:

Artificial intelligence (AI) running on high-performance computers can be trained to help scientists get the most out of space exploration missions. The technology is used to make decisions about where to go, what information to collect, and what data to share with scientists.

This project will explore low-power hardware platforms that provide the processing power needed for AI, can be made less susceptible to the effects of radiation, and are ready for the harsh, constrained environment of space. The small size and low weight components will allow future space missions to conduct independent scientific investigations, adapt to changing situations in space, or determine the best data to send back to Earth. This project will showcase Canadian innovation and open the market for on-board AI in space, allowing a wide range of AI applications to run directly on a spacecraft.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA
Description:

CAMDAS Earth Observation Data Exploitation Tool Development

SSCL, along with its project partners Maerospace Corporation, 4DM, and Planet is conducting research to validate a concept for an advanced Maritime Doman Awareness (MDA) system. This system exploits the explosion of commercial earth observations satellites and advanced data analytics to establishes persistent, global MDA.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Kanata, Ontario, CA
Agreement:

Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Methods for Terrestrial and Spaceborne Surveillance Applications

Agreement Number:

EGP

Duration: from Mar 7, 2018 to
Organization: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Program Name: Engage Grants for universities
Location: Alberta, CA

$150,000.00

Mar 5, 2018
Description:

Title: Behaviour Analytics from Multi Earth Observation Satellite Data. The project aims to generate higher-level fusion results that characterize the behaviours of objects. This represents information that is of high value to users. These results are derived from object-level data using machine learning technologies and by fully exploiting the available very large and diverse EO data archives. These very large datasets also present special challenges including storage, access and processing speed, data representation, and fusion methodology that is this project will address.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA

$300,000.00

Jun 12, 2015
Description:

The objective of this project is to understand and monitor human and industrial activities that have physical impact on the environment. These include changes of land cover types, new large construction and modifications in surface topography.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA

$573,618.00

Dec 22, 2014
Description:

This project entitled ""On-board Processing"" will seek to test the use of non-radiation hardened devices in the harsh space environment. The most capable on-board processing devices are not radiation-hardened and as such, they require special hardware and software mitigation. Given the continued growth in digital signal processing, there is a need to enhance the on-board system performance.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency
Program Name: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Location: Richmond, British Columbia, CA