SEMIOSBIO TECHNOLOGIES INC: federal grants and contributions

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SEMIOSBIO TECHNOLOGIES INC: federal grants and contributions: 23 agreements; $17.1M value; 4 departments; 8 programs.

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23agreements
$17.1Mvalue
4departments
8programs

Largest agreements

000015497$5.0Mvalue2019start2023end

Scale-up manufacturing and sales activities of precision agriculture system

Actionable Fertigation Recommendations for High Value Crops$3.9Mvalue2025start2025end

Semios provides crop management insights as a service for high value tree fruit, vine and nut farms.  Leveraging a proprietary wireless network, machine learning and big data analytics, we help growers manage risks associated with frost, pollination, bloom, disease and harvest.  This project extends this recommendation capability to actionable irrigation control and overlays nutrition for a co-optimized solution.

Advance platform for market expansion$3.0Mvalue2024start2025end

Semios will advance its platform to include a next generation suite of IoT hardware and applications to be leveraged by third-party users in all crops and geographies.

Development of an Agronomic Service Based on Minimal Sensor Inputs$2.5Mvalue2019start2021end

This project will support the firm in their development of an accurate microclimate data and agronomic model-based service for acres within fruit and nut orchards that have few or no climate sensors. This will involve integration of new distributes wireless sensor technology and agronomic models calculated from real and predicted microclimate data.

510310$474Kvalue2012start2014end

Develop and commercialize semiochemical-based, safe and environmentally sustainable control technologies for important public health (bed bug repellent) and agricultural insect pests.

Agreement$463Kvalue2016start–end
Enhancements and Additions to the Semios Integrated Pest Management System$350Kvalue2018start2019end

This project will enhance the Semios integrated pest management platform by evaluating and optimizing the holistic effects of architecture and automated counting on the efficacy of Semios camera traps in commercial agriculture, and development of a new range of regulatory compliant Organic aerosolized pheromone products for mating disruption of several economically important insect pests.

Agreement$295Kvalue2013start–end
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Agreement$210Kvalue2011start–end
Agreement$200Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$171Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$140Kvalue2011start–end
Agreement$135Kvalue2016start–end
Network evaluation for global, granular data collection$121Kvalue2019start2019end

This project will support the initial evaluation stages of a combination of new cellular technologies that could potentially be used to provide extended range coverage compared to LTE cellular and the firm's existing data network, within the challenging radio environment of dense foliage orchards.

European Grape Vine Moth Pheromone Product Regulatory Stream$62.2Kvalue2020start2021end

Semios will register a new mating disruption product “Semios EGVM Plus” in Europe. We will perform four efficacy trials in Spain targeting lobesia botrana and build out our data package prior to submission to the French agency.

Agreement$47.0Kvalue2012start–end
SemiosBio Technologies Inc.-2022-2023-993171$45.5Kvalue2022start2023end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Agreement$30.0Kvalue2011start–end
Youth Internship - firmware developer$20.0Kvalue2020start2021end

This Youth project will provide employment for a recent computer engineering graduate in the role of a firmware developer for a precision agriculture company.

Youth - Green - Data Analyst - Almond Crops$8.8Kvalue2018start2018end

This project will give employment for a youth in the field of precision agriculture in the role of Data Analyst for Almond Crops.

Youth - Green - Data Analyst - Stone Fruit Crops$8.8Kvalue2018start2018end

This project will give employment for a youth in a precision agriculture company in the role of Data Analyst for Stone Fruit Crops.

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$7.8Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth 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. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

SemiosBio Technologies Inc.$0value2018start2018end

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Departments

National Research Council Canada18agreements$11.2Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Western Economic Diversification Canada2agreements$5.5Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$474Kvalue1programs
  • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada2agreements$7.8Kvalue1programs

Years

20251agreements$3.9Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20241agreements$3.0Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20221agreements$45.5Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20202agreements$82.2Kvalue2programs
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20194agreements$7.6Mvalue3programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20184agreements$368Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20163agreements$769Kvalue0programs
    20151agreements$200Kvalue0programs
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      20131agreements$295Kvalue0programs
        20122agreements$521Kvalue1programs
        • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario
        20113agreements$380Kvalue0programs

          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.