Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Vancouver, BC · grants and contributions register · Vancouver Centre

Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation: federal grants and contributions: 8 agreements; $32.8M value; 3 departments; 5 programs.

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8agreements
$32.8Mvalue
3departments
5programs

Largest agreements

Building a Robust Workforce Infrastructure with General Machine Intelligence$30.0Mvalue2022start2045end

This project will build a robotic workforce (General Purpose Robots) with various commercial applications, such as labour-related tasks that could present dangers to humans, as well as in industries like healthcare and manufacturing.

Building Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control Systems for General Purpose Robots$2.0Mvalue2024start2025end

Funding will support advancements in mobility, manipulation, sensing, localization of threats, advanced modeling, information synthesis, or by using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, supervised autonomy, techniques to reduce the operator involvement in the task.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
Sanctuary AI's General Purpose Robot and Cognitive Platform$500Kvalue2023start2024end

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Contest, Robot Round-up, calls for Canadian innovators to demonstrate to DND/CAF how advancements in robotic platforms and methods of control can be leveraged to help CAF members accomplish high risk tasks.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
Innovation Assistance Program$213Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided by the IAP program is intended to assist innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in the start-up phase that cannot access existing commercial support related to COVID-19.

Social Gaze Dynamics$75.0Kvalue2019start2020end

Development of human-like robotic vision systems.

Sanctuary AI's General Purpose Robot and Cognitive Platform$25.0Kvalue2022start–end

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Contest, Robot Round-up, calls for Canadian innovators to demonstrate to DND/CAF how advancements in robotic platforms and methods of control can be leveraged to help CAF members accomplish high risk tasks.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement (L2)$11.3Kvalue2023start2024end

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

Canadian partnering mission to Japan for the annual Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) – Oct 27 to Nov 1, 2019$3.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Participation in the Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) held in Tokyo, Japan, on October 27 to November 1, 2019, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential collaborative project ideas.

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$30.0Mvalue1programs
National Defence3agreements$2.5Mvalue2programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks

All grants from National Defence

National Research Council Canada4agreements$303Kvalue2programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20241agreements$2.0Mvalue1programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Contest
20232agreements$511Kvalue2programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20222agreements$30.0Mvalue2programs
  • SIF Stream 1- R&D
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
20201agreements$213Kvalue1programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20192agreements$78.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

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.