Dispension Industries Incorporated: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Dartmouth|Dartmouth, NS · grants and contributions register · Dartmouth–Cole Harbour

Dispension Industries Incorporated: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $2.0M value; 2 departments; 5 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-16CEIIP1KS · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Dispension Industries Incorporated: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/dispension-industries-incorporated/

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10agreements
$2.0Mvalue
2departments
5programs

Largest agreements

215060$500Kvalue2020start2021end

Support production of touchless secure verified identity dispenser kiosks

228294$500Kvalue2026start2027end

Provide working capital to fund expansion plans

221336$360Kvalue2022start2023end

Support pilot program in major U.S. market

222845$250Kvalue2023start2024end

Support commercialization activities

SmartServ Technology Prototype Improvements$140Kvalue2022start2023end

Dispension developed an unattended adult-beverage dispensing technology which identifies and age-gates a user before providing service. Four preliminary “SmartServ” prototypes were deployed as a pilot project at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles during the 2022 MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby in July. The purpose of this project is to conduct the necessary experimentation, modifications and testing that will allow Dispension to improve the prototype technology to a commercial-ready state.

218633$50.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Hire CTO consultancy services

226522$50.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Hire customer success sales expertise

228849$50.0Kvalue2026start2027end

Provide support for a Vice President of Marketing and Growth

Isolation of Facial Thermographic Images in Cluttered Environments.$50.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The firm has patent-pending technology that makes it possible to identify intoxicated persons from a thermographic image of their face. For practical applications, the face will be part of an image that contains background items and other faces giving thermal returns. This background “clutter” must be identified and removed, and the subject’s face isolated before the analysis and subsequent determination of intoxication status can begin. The background clutter is to be expected in real world application settings. Therefore, it must be addressed before the commercial benefits of the intoxicati

SmartServ Technology Performance Monitoring and Documentation$45.7Kvalue2022start2022end

Dispension has developed an unattended adult-beverage dispensing technology which identifies and age-gates a user before providing service. Four “SmartServ” prototypes are being deployed as a pilot project in July 2022 within a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium. The purpose of this NRC-IRAP ARP project is to conduct on-site performance monitoring of the SmartServ prototypes during the pilot. The intent behind the performance monitoring is to assess the reliability of the technology, to document any recommended mechanical or electrical improvements, and to develop documentation to support

Departments

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency7agreements$1.8Mvalue4programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

National Research Council Canada3agreements$236Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20262agreements$550Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)
20241agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • REGI - Strategic Growth Initiative (SGI)
20231agreements$250Kvalue1programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
20223agreements$546Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20212agreements$100Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20201agreements$500Kvalue1programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.