Ottawa Hospital Research Institute: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa|Ottawa, ON · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute: federal grants and contributions: 40 agreements; $22.1M value; 6 departments; 9 programs.

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40agreements
$22.1Mvalue
6departments
9programs

Largest agreements

2122-HQ-000254$3.3Mvalue2021start2026end

Not Available

Building on success: A multi-institutional approach for the production of GMP AAV Vectors$2.5Mvalue2020start2023end

The Recipient is proposing to take advantage of previous government investments in GMP manufacturing facilities in Alberta and Ontario to create a cohesive, collaborative team approach for the production of life-saving virus-based therapeutics. The Recipient's internationally recognized track record of producing GMP grade virus products is unrivalled in Canada. The Recipient has in place, a team of highly skilled and qualified personnel who have made virus-based products for the last decade that have and continue to be used in human clinical trials around the world. The Recipient's plan is to

2122-HQ-000073$2.5Mvalue2021start2023end

P003777

2122-HQ-000057$2.1Mvalue2021start2023end

P003685

2122-HQ-000254$1.4Mvalue2021start2027end

Not Available

515730$1.2Mvalue2025start2026end

Maintain and upgrade a Canadian biobank data platform connecting academia, government, and industry, enabling coordinated access to biological specimens and data for research and preparedness.

SPA2 SPleen Activity in SPace Anemia$1.2Mvalue2025start2031end

Astronauts return from space with anemia. The mechanisms causing anemia are not known. During long space missions to the Moon or Mars, astronaut must stay safe from severe anemia. The SPleen Activity in SPace Anemia (SPA2) aims to address outstanding questions on the mechanism of space anemia. SPA2 will test two (2) key hypotheses: 1) The spleen is altered by prolonged exposure to space; and 2) Space anemia is caused by extravascular hemolysis in the spleen. SPA2 will measure changes in spleen size, shape, and structure using magnetic resonance and ultrasonography. Then, SPA2 will measure hemo

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
2526-HQ-000065$1,000Kvalue2026start2029end

P006063

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Critical Technology Transfer Activities to Enable Timely and Cost Effective AAV Biomanufacturing at the BMC- Part II$887Kvalue2024start2026end

The Project will accelerate the rate at which the NRC’s Lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) AAV-based gene therapy technology is GMP manufactured and readied for testing in the clinic, by formally combining the efforts, experience and expertise of the National Research Council and the Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Centre- Virus Manufacturing Facility (BMC-VMF) at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). The project will result in the finalization of upstream and downstream process parameters leading to the execution of a non-GMP run of the complete, finalized process. Importantly, this

515729$881Kvalue2025start2026end

Expand adenovirus manufacturing capacity and capabilities, enabling domestic production of larger scale (e.g. Phase II clinical trials) GMP compliant drug product

2122-HQ-000074$711Kvalue2021start2023end

P003779

2122-HQ-000057$699Kvalue2021start2023end

Not Available

Development and application of qualified testing in support of Clinical CAR-T Products$691Kvalue2024start2026end

With the collaboration of research hospitals across Canada, OHRI established a multi-site cellular immunotherapy pipeline. In the Project, OHRI will build on their success in establishing clinical grade manufacturing for both lentivirus and cell products, and the execution of the first clinical trial using a made-in-Canada CD19 CAR T-cell therapy. The project includes building capacity in point-of-care (POC) manufacturing to support the clinical rollout of novel CAR T-cell products and other personalized cell therapy products. The project will both increase manufacturing capacity and allow for

Critical technology transfer activities to enable timely and cost effective adeno-associated virus (AAV) biomanufacturing at the Biotherapeutics Manaufacturing Centre$638Kvalue2022start2025end

This project will support process and assay development efforts currently ongoing at the NRC for an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based next generation LPLD gene therapy. The goal of this project will be to accelerate the rate at which this therapy is GMP manufactured and subsequently ready to be tested in the clinic, by formally combining the efforts, experience and expertise of both the NRC and BMC-VMF to finalize process parameters and develop and qualify key GMP release tests that will be executed at the BMC.

2122-HQ-000068$417Kvalue2021start2023end

P003773

Critical technology transfer activities to enable timely and cost effective adeno-associated virus (AAV) biomanufacturing at the Biotherapeutics Manaufacturing Centre$356Kvalue2022start2023end

This project will support process and assay development efforts currently ongoing at the NRC for an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based next generation LPLD gene therapy. The goal of this project will be to accelerate the rate at which this therapy is GMP manufactured and subsequently ready to be tested in the clinic, by formally combining the efforts, experience and expertise of both the NRC and BMC-VMF to finalize process parameters and develop and qualify key GMP release tests that will be executed at the BMC.

Support for critical release assays for GMP-grade CD22-single domain antibody based CAR lentiviral product$218Kvalue2022start2023end

This project will support the development, validation, qualification and execution of a number of release assays critical to the release of the GMP lentiviral vector that will be used to generate a next generation CAR-T cell product (CD22) to be tested in a clinical trial extending across Canada. Manufacturing of the lentiviral product is scheduled to start February 2022.

Effects of artificial gravity plus physical countermeasures in hypoxic environment on the hemolysis and anemia of long-term bedrest as a space analogue$200Kvalue2021start2028end

The study will deliver novel and pertinent data on anemia, hemolysis, young, mature and senescent red blood cell populations and spleen changes in 24 participants before, during and after head-down tilt bed rest, with artificial gravity and physical countermeasures in hypoxia.

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
AI powered design of stem cell therapy for degenerative muscle diseases$198Kvalue2021start2024end

Stem cells harbour tremendous potential for tissue regeneration after injury or in the face of chronic/degenerative disease. Yet, clinical application of stem cell therapies for muscle degenerative diseases has been limited due in part to the complexities of manipulating or augmenting stem cell systems in vivo. Designing optimal stem cell therapies is therefore extremely challenging because testing of every design is highly time-consuming and costly. In silico design using machine learning models can provide a high performance alternative solution. The overall objective of this Project is the

1819-HQ-000002 (The Agreement Number is used to populate this field)$150Kvalue2018start2019end

P000642 (The Funding Request Number is used to populate this field)

Effectiveness of artificial gravity (AG) and its combination with bike ergometer exercise on several musculoskeletal endpoints compared to controls and previous AG and non-AG countermeasures$100Kvalue2021start2027end

The team will test the effectiveness of artificial gravity (AG) and its combination with bike ergometer exercise on several musculoskeletal endpoints compared to controls and previous AG and non AG countermeasures. Findings will lead to a deeper understanding of microgravity-induced musculoskeletal changes.

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Effectiveness of artificial gravity AG and its combination with resistive vibration exercise on several musculoskeletal endpoints compared to controls and previous AG and non-AG countermeasures$100Kvalue2021start2028end

The team will test the effectiveness of artificial gravity (AG) and its combination with resistive vibration exercise on several musculoskeletal endpoints compared to controls and previous AG and non AG countermeasures. Findings will help better understand microgravity-induced musculoskeletal changes.

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
CSJ2018-Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Ottawa South)$79.7Kvalue2018start2018end

N/A

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$75.0Kvalue2016start–end

The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

Polaris neocytolysis assessed by mining blood and air samples (Polestar)$74.7Kvalue2025start2026end

The Polestar payload aims to address outstanding questions on the mechanism of space anemia. Polestar will test three key hypotheses: 1. Older red blood cells (RBC) are preferentially destroyed in space; 2. Space can induce a shift from adult to fetal hemoglobin; and 3. Space induces RBC morphological changes, causing RBC dysfunction. Using blood and air samples collected from the SpaceX Polaris Dawn five-day mission, Polestar will measure the effect of high-altitude space and space radiation on space hemolysis in four astronauts compared to four age-related and sex-matched ground controls. Po

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Describing space anemia with astronaut RBC indices$69.9Kvalue2023start2024end

Space anemia is well-documented, but we don’t fully understand the cause. This study will analyze the red blood cell data of American and Canadian astronauts over the past 50 years in order to further characterize space anemia. The causes of anemia may be multiple and studying the complete blood profiles of astronauts provide a unique perspective to explain the increased red blood cell destruction in space. Astronauts, space tourists, and bedridden people on Earth remain at risk for anemia. This project will add to the growing body of research with the hopes of discovering effective ways to mi

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
CSJ2017-Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Ottawa Centre)$57.2Kvalue2017start–end
Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$35.8Kvalue2015start–end

The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

0$32.6Kvalue2011start–end

The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

0$30.4Kvalue2012start–end

The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$26.9Kvalue2014start–end

The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.

Molecular characterization of extracellular vesicles in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS)$25.0Kvalue2023start2024end

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Deciphering and targeting neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease progression$25.0Kvalue2023start2024end

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

A Cancer Immunotherapy Harnessing Pre-Existing Antibodies in Humans$25.0Kvalue2025start2026end

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Engineering of a miniCas12 CRISPRoff for the treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Rare Diseases$25.0Kvalue2026start2027end

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Investigating space anemia in female astronauts using simulated models and space$19.4Kvalue2024start2026end

This project is a STEM internship opportunity for post-secondary Canadian students of underrepresented groups to advance their knowledge of space health research. Trainees will be investigating space anemia using MRI and ultrasound measures, gas chromatograph carbon monoxide measures, and clinical and laboratory markers of hemolysis. Trainees will measure the vertebral fat fraction of the lumbar spine and calcaneus, and anthropomorphic measures, iron concentration, shear-wave elastography, and perfusion/diffusion ratios of the spleen and liver, using ITK-snap and in-house developed MATLAB soft

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
CSJ2018-Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Ottawa Centre )$19.0Kvalue2018start2018end

N/A

CSJ 2021 - Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Ottawa Centre)$8.9Kvalue2021start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

CSJ 2023 - Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Ottawa Centre)$5.0Kvalue2023start2023end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Agreement$2.2Kvalue2018start–end

Subsidy payments to industry for research and development

Departments

Public Health Agency of Canada9agreements$12.2Mvalue3programs
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Dementia Community Investment

All grants from Public Health Agency of Canada

National Research Council Canada11agreements$5.6Mvalue2programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2agreements$2.1Mvalue1programs
Canadian Space Agency7agreements$1.8Mvalue1programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology

All grants from Canadian Space Agency

Employment and Social Development Canada10agreements$371Kvalue2programs
Global Affairs Canada1agreements$2.2Kvalue0programs

Years

20262agreements$1.0Mvalue2programs
  • Dementia Community Investment
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
20255agreements$3.4Mvalue3programs
  • Life Sciences Fund
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
20243agreements$1.6Mvalue2programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
20234agreements$125Kvalue3programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20223agreements$1.2Mvalue1programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
202112agreements$11.7Mvalue5programs
  • Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20201agreements$2.5Mvalue1programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
20184agreements$251Kvalue2programs
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
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20171agreements$57.2Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20161agreements$75.0Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20151agreements$35.8Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20141agreements$26.9Kvalue1programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20121agreements$30.4Kvalue1programs
  • 0
20111agreements$32.6Kvalue1programs
  • 0

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.