Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 Million or More
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| Name of transfer payment program |
Grants and Scholarships (voted) |
|---|---|
| Start date | 1978 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2011-12 |
| Strategic Outcome | 1: Canada is a world leader in social sciences and humanities research and research training |
| Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture |
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| Description | This transfer payment program consists of grants and scholarships awarded for research, talent development and research dissemination activities in the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program has no repayable contributions. |
| Expected results |
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| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2013-14 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation | 2015-16 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Persons (students, researchers), non-profit organizations (charities, foundations, non-governmental organizations, universities and research institutions) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
| Forecast Spending 2014-15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | ||
| Total grants* | 254,219,881 | 255,781,701 | 255,672,066 | 253,441,366 |
| Total transfer payments | 254,219,881 | 255,781,701 | 255,672,066 | 253,441,366 |
*These figures do not include operating expenses
Changes in year-to-year spending reflect variations due to temporary funding for the three-year pilot Community and College Social Innovation Fund.
| Name of transfer payment program | Canada Graduate Scholarships (voted) |
|---|---|
| Start date | 2003 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2008-09 |
| Strategic Outcome | 1: Canada is a world leader in social sciences and humanities research and research training |
| Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture |
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| Description | SSHRC’s portion of this tri-agency transfer payment program provides financial support to Canadian doctoral students and master’s students in the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results | A supply of highly qualified personnel to the academic, public, not-for-profit, and private sectors: Percentage of Canada Graduate Scholarship students supported completing their degree |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2008-09 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation | 2015-16 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Persons (students) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
| Forecast Spending 2014-15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |||
| Total grants* | 68,983,500 | 68,983,500 | 68,983,500 | 68,983,500 | |
| Total transfer payments | 68,983,500 | 68,983,500 | 68,983,500 | 68,983,500 | |
*These figures do not include operating expenses.
| Name of transfer payment program | Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (voted) |
|---|---|
| Start date | 2008 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2008-09 |
| Strategic Outcome | 1: Canada is a world leader in social sciences and humanities research and research training |
| Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture |
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| Description | SSHRC’s portion of this tri-agency transfer payment program provides financial support to Canadian and international students who have achieved outstanding success in their studies and will pursue a doctoral program at a Canadian university in an area of the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results | A supply of world-class doctoral students to build research capacity in Canada: Percentage of applicants considered worthy of award by expert reviewers for a given competition year |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2014-15 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation | 2019-20 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Persons (students) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
| Forecast Spending 2014-15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |||
| Total grants* | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | |
| Total transfer payments | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | |
*These figures do not include operating expenses.
| Name of transfer payment program | Research Support Fund (voted) |
|---|---|
| Start date | 2003 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2014-15 |
| Strategic Outcome | 2: Canada has the institutional capacity to enable research and research-related activities in social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering and health |
| Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture | Program 2.1: Indirect costs of research |
| Description | This transfer payment program supports a portion of the indirect costs associated with the conduct of academic research in institutions that receive research grant funds from any of the three federal research granting agencies. Grants are awarded to eligible institutions using a progressive funding formula based on the average revenues from research grants received from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and SSHRC. This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions. |
| Expected results | Universities and colleges improve their overall ability to conduct research and recruit and retain world-class researchers: Percentage of institutions reporting general positive impacts of their grants in the attraction of additional funding |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2014-15 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation | 2018-19 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
| Forecast Spending 2014-15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | ||
| Total grants* | 340,559,292 | 341,403,000 | 341,403,000 | 341,403,000 |
| Total transfer payments | 340,559,292 | 341,403,000 | 341,403,000 | 341,403,000 |
*These figures do not include operating expenses.
| Name of transfer payment program | Networks of Centres of Excellence (voted) |
|---|---|
| Start date | 1997 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2008-09 |
| Strategic Outcome | 1: Canada is a world leader in social sciences and humanities research and research training |
| Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture |
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| Description | This transfer payment program is administered jointly by the three federal research granting agencies in partnership with Industry Canada. It supports research in complex areas of critical importance to Canadian universities and hospitals working with the private and public sectors. The networks funded through this program are multidisciplinary and multisectoral partnerships that stimulate leading-edge, internationally competitive research in areas critical to Canadian economic and social development. |
| Expected results | Strong linkages and partnerships between university, government and industry, and other users (non-governmental organizations): Percentage of established networks and centres demonstrating knowledge and technology transfer |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2013-14 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation | 2015-16 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges) |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
| Forecast Spending 2014-15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | ||
| Total grants* | 8,911,000 | 8,911,000 | 8,911,000 | 8,770,000 |
| Total transfer payments | 8,911,000 | 8,911,000 | 8,911,000 | 8,770,000 |
*These figures do not include operating expenses.
| Name of transfer payment program | Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research |
|---|---|
| Start date | 2007 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2012-13 |
| Strategic Outcome | 1: Canada is a world leader in social sciences and humanities research and research training |
| Link to department’s Program Alignment Architecture |
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| Description | This transfer payment program supports commercialization and/or research centres that bring together people, services and infrastructure to maximize the benefits of the government’s investments in skills and research and to encourage greater private sector investment in science and technology, in areas of the social sciences and humanities. This transfer payment program has no repayable contributions. |
| Expected results | The research knowledge and technology produced by the networks and centres is transferred and used: Ratio of partner contributions (cash and in-kind) relative to funds for commercialization activities |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | 2012-13 |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Continuation |
| Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation | 2016-17 |
| General targeted recipient groups | Industry-related, non-profit organizations |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | A variety of engagement initiatives (webinars, site visits, telephone, email, online forums) are used as part of the regular competition cycle in order to give applicants and recipients opportunities to seek and receive information and to provide feedback on service delivery. |
| Forecast Spending 2014-15 ($) |
Planned Spending ($) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |||
| Total grants* | 6,859,164 | 5,777,289 | 4,489,382 | 3,404,500 | |
| Total transfer payments | 6,859,164 | 5,777,289 | 4,489,382 | 3,404,500 | |
*These figures do not include operating expenses.
Changes in year-to-year spending reflect variations in funding dependent on yearly competition where funds are determined as a result of a merit review process.
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