2015–16 Reports on Plans and Priorities: Supplementary Information Tables – Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million

Name of transfer payment program: Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (voted)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture: 1.1.2 – Training and Career Support

Main objective: Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC) Grants support Chair programs across the spectrum of natural and social sciences, engineering, humanities and/or health sciences fields. IRCC provides an opportunity for universities to recruit or retain outstanding investigators to develop internationally competitive research programs and to transfer new knowledge from the university to industry.

Planned spending for 2015–16: $160,000

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2012–13

General targeted recipient groups: Researchers


Name of transfer payment program: Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence (voted)

End date: Ongoing

Type of transfer payment: Grant

Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture: 1.2.2 – Horizontal Health Research Initiatives

Main objective: The Business Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program aims to establish networks conducting research in priority areas resulting in a long-term competitive advantage to consortia of Canadian firms, supported by networks of academics and government researchers in all health-related fields.

Planned spending for 2015–16: $2,798,750

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2012–13

General targeted recipient groups: Industry-Related

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