Name of transfer payment program	Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence
End date	Ongoing
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Type of appropriation	Appropriated annually through Estimates
Link to department’s Program Inventory	Research Partnerships
Main objective	These grants fund large-scale collaborative research networks that bring a wide range of research expertise to bear on specific challenges identified by an industrial sector.
Planned spending in 2018–19	$983,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2015–16
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)	2020–21
General targeted recipient groups	Industry-related

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Name of transfer payment program	Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research
End date	Ongoing
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Type of appropriation	Appropriated annually through Estimates
Link to department’s Program Inventory	Research Partnerships
Main objective	The Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research program bridges the challenging gap between innovation and commercialization. The program matches clusters of research expertise with the business community to share the knowledge and resources that bring innovations to market faster. Centres advance research and facilitate commercialization within four priority areas: the environment; natural resources and energy; health and life sciences; and information and communications technologies.
Planned spending in 2018–19	$4,554,397
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2017–18
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)	2022–23
General targeted recipient groups	Industry-related, non-profit organizations (universities and research institutions, colleges)

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Name of transfer payment program	College and Community Innovation Program (voted)
End date	Ongoing
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Type of appropriation	Appropriated annually through Estimates
Link to department’s Program Inventory	Research Partnerships
Main objective	These grants provide funding to colleges to strengthen their applied research capacity, and to carry out applied research and technology transfer activities in one area where the college has recognized expertise and that meets local and regional needs.
Planned spending in 2018–19	$1,000,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2013–14
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)	2018–19
General targeted recipient groups	Non-profit organizations (colleges)

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Name of transfer payment program	Canada Excellence Research Chairs (voted)
End date	Ongoing
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Type of appropriation	Appropriated annually through Estimates
Link to department’s Program Inventory	Insight Research
Main objective	The Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program is a tri-agency initiative that supports Canadian universities in their efforts to build on Canada’s growing reputation as a global leader in research and innovation. The program awards world-renowned researchers and their teams to establish ambitious research programs at Canadian universities.
Planned spending in 2018–19	$1,400,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2014–15
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)	2019–20
General targeted recipient groups	Persons (researchers), non-profit organizations (universities)

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Name of transfer payment program	Canada 150 Research Chairs (voted)
End date	2024-25
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Type of appropriation	Appropriated annually through Estimates
Link to department’s Program Inventory	Insight Research
Main objective	The Canada 150 Research Chairs program provides Canadian universities with a one-time investment to attract top-tier, internationally based scholars and researchers (including Canadian expatriates) to Canada.
Planned spending in 2018–19	$3,280,579
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	N/A
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation (if applicable)	2019–20
General targeted recipient groups	Persons (researchers), non-profit organizations (universities)