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.
$370,000.00
Jan 15, 2026
For-profit organization
Germany ZIM 15 – NanoTACTIX - TACtile NANOcomposite sensor Technology for Intelligent neXt-gen Robotics
1039955
Development of a sensor-integrated robotic hand that combines near-human dexterity with real-time tactile sensing and AI-driven autonomous grasping
$216,000.00
Jul 2, 2025
For-profit organization
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Driven Autonomous Grasping for Industrial Robotics
1035161
Technology development to enable robotic hands to perform autonomous and remote manipulation tasks in industrial settings.
$30,000.00
Jun 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Youth - Autonomous Object Interaction
1032414
Develop and validate AI-driven autonomous object interaction methods to train robotic autonomous grasping.
$11,463.00
May 15, 2025
For-profit organization
Sarcomere Dynamics Inc-2025-2026-1030644
1030644
The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.
$30,000.00
May 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Youth - Robotics Product Development
1018203
Robotics Product Development
$550,000.00
Apr 15, 2024
For-profit organization
Development of Next Generation Human like Robotic Hand for Autonomous Manipulation
1018682
Finalize design of a Robotic Hand for manufacturing readiness and development of autonomous grasping.
$13,942.44
Sep 1, 2023
For-profit organization
Sarcomere Dynamics Inc-2023-2024-1012362
1012362
The purpose of this CanExport Innovation agreement is to support Canadian organizations to carry out activities related to pursuing opportunities that would lead to establishing new collaborative Research and Development (R&D) partnerships between the Recipient and foreign organizations in order to support R&D on the Recipient’s technology and advance its commercialization.
$500,000.00
Aug 11, 2023
For-profit organization
Supervised Autonomous Telerobotic Navigator
Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Contest, Robot Round-up, calls for Canadian innovators to demonstrate to DND/CAF how advancements in robotic platforms and methods of control can be leveraged to help CAF members accomplish high risk tasks.
$30,000.00
May 5, 2023
For-profit organization
Youth - Product Development
1005876
Design refinement of Beta product currently in use with early adopter customers.
$364,000.00
Apr 3, 2023
For-profit organization
Development and Integration of a High Dexterity Robotic Hand and a 7-Axis Robotic Arm
1005566
Complete the design improvements in order to develop a fully operational robotic system that can handle and manipulate a variety of objects or allow a human operator to manipulate objects remotely and safely, with the same level of confidence and dexterity as with their own hands.