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.
$104,995.00
Sep 1, 2020
Academia
Cumulative impacts of natural and human drivers on food webs in the offshore Scotian Shelf Bioregion to support Marine Spatial Planning
FP920-200042
To encourage scientific research and related scientific activities (e.g. data collection, integration, monitoring, and communication, including communication via conferences and symposia) and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the areas of: (a) Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; (b) Ecosystem Science; (c) Oceanography and Modelling; and (d) Freshwater Science.
$300,000.00
Mar 26, 2020
Academia
HiCIBaS II - High-Constrast Imaging Balloon System - Adaptive Optics at High Altitude
19FALAVA35
Advances in space-based instruments for planetary observation involve significant costs. Fortunately, suborbital balloon flights enable the development and testing of instrumentation in space-like conditions at a fraction of the cost of full-fledged orbiting space instruments.
Building on previous work, this project aims to demonstrate and evaluate the performance of adaptive optics systems in space-like conditions. Test will done on a high-resolution deformable mirror within a closed-loop adaptive optics system and a camera with passive thermal control in the stratosphere. Furthermore, data on atmospheric turbulence will be gathered in full night and at sunrise at a height of 36 to 40 km.
HiCIBaS-II is a great opportunity to maintain Canadian world-leadership in this area, while advancing knowledge and training the next generation of highly qualified personnel that the industry requires.
$94,000.00
Jun 27, 2008
Other
The Canadian consortium includes York University as the lead institution, working in collaboration with l'Université de Montréal, University of Ottawa, McMaster University, University of Prince Edward Island, University of New Brunswick, Queen's University, Laval University, Simon Fraser University, University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, and Concordia University.