Grants and Contributions:

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$440,330.00

Mar 28, 2012 -

The Research component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contribution Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the future. The Announcement of Opportunity “ Capacity Building in SS&T – Clusters Pilots” aims to contribute to the development of Future Canadian Space Capacity in order to attract, sustain and enhance the nation's critical mass of Canadian space specialists, foster Canadian space innovation, and preserve the capability of the nation space-related facilities. More specifically, this project entitled "" Cluster for Subarctic Ecosystems in Transition, C-SET "" has the objective (s): To use a combination of remote sensing and intensive ground-based measurements to define and measure the major topography, vegetation, permafrost and soil characteristics of each representative site type and to define their distributions. This project will also define the sub-grid processes controlling the flux and storage of near-surface soil moisture and carbon cycling and how the two are linked. Additionally, the project will use LIDAR and RADARSAT-2 imagery as well as results from the first two objectives to develop tools for space-borne distributed soil moisture measurements for dominant sub-arctic terrain regions. Finally, the project will test, validate and improve existing models used to predict soil moisture and carbon cycle dynamics.

Canadian Space Agency

-Increased knowledge from research projects in priority space S&T areas (number of new and ongoing space science and technology initiatives and projects).
-Number of completed space science and technology initiatives (Announcement of Opportunity) and proj

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

003-2011-2012-Q4-01333

Grant

Grants and Contributions

Payment of the grant will be made as follows: Year 1 - 146,615$, Year 2 - 150,000$ and Year 3 - 143,715$.

Wilfrid Laurier University

Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology

This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Research Component aims to support the development of science and technology; foster the continual development of a critical mass of researchers and highly qualified people in Canada; and support information gathering and space-related studies and research pertaining to Canadian Space Agency priorities.