York University: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Toronto, ON · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · York—Durham

York University: federal grants and contributions: 235 agreements; $98.9M value; 22 departments; 64 programs.

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235agreements
$98.9Mvalue
22departments
64programs

Largest agreements

509630$15.5Mvalue2011start2014end

Software system that allows patients and their care teams to collaboratively manage health and wellness through the use of innovative applications and the delivery of services.

Research Support Funds$6.5Mvalue2022start2023end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Research Support Funds$6.1Mvalue2025start2026end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Research Support Funds$6.0Mvalue2024start2025end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

514949$4.5Mvalue2023start2027end

The Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) aims to increase women-owned businesses? access to the financing, talent, networks and expertise they need to start up, scale up and access new markets

1018214$3.3Mvalue2024start2029end

To provide specialized training for high-potential startup founders/executives through The Venture Academy and develop new clusters and specialized programming for the Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electric Vehicle (EV) and Cleantech sectors.

Agreement$2.1Mvalue2023start–end

Energy Management Information System with Artificial Intelligence Based Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioned Optimization

Internationally Educated Professionals – Bridge to Employment Foundation Program$2.0Mvalue2020start2025end

Language Training, Employment Related Services, Information and Orientation, Needs and Assets Assessment and Referral Services, Indirect

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Internationally Educated Professionals – Bridge to Employment Foundation Program$2.0Mvalue2020start2025end

Language Training, Employment Related Services, Information and Orientation, Needs and Assets Assessment and Referral Services, Indirect

813750$1.9Mvalue2019start2023end

This project will deliver the Fempower program, which will provide women entrepreneurs with business education and resources, female centred supports, solutions to overcome barriers, and networking.

Internationally Educated Professionals Employment Foundation Program: IEP Bridging Program$1.5Mvalue2025start2029end

Employment Related Services Indirect Services Information and Orientation Services

Effective Human-Machine Cooperation with Intelligent Adaptive Autonomous Systems$1.5Mvalue2019start2022end

The Micro-net aims to develop Intelligent Adaptive Automation (IAA) aids for navigation and control of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles Systems (AUVS). IAA aids will be used to perform tasks automatically while adapting to the operator, the mission context and the operating environment.

Effective Human-Machine Cooperation with Intelligent Adaptive Autonomous Systems.$1.5Mvalue2019start2023end

The project is focusing on collaborative research efforts to develop an operator-vehicle trust management system as a central component of a conceptual architecture for Intelligent Adaptive Systems.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Netowrks
Effective Human-Machine Cooperation with Intelligent Adaptive Autonomous System$1.5Mvalue2019start2023end

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Autonomous systems for defence and security: Trust and barriers to adoption. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in collaboration with Canada’s academic and defence & security communities are seeking revolutionary advances in our understanding of autonomous systems for defence and security applications, with a focus on trust and barriers to adoption.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
SENTRYET: Developing trust between soldiers, civilians, and robots$1.5Mvalue2019start2022end

The Micro-net aims to explore technical and operational issues associated with developing trust within human-robot interactions as it specifically relates to trust between asset-centric personnel and the sentry robot, and trust between the sentry robot and visitors to a facility.

SENTRYNET: Developing trust between soldiers, civilians, and robots.$1.5Mvalue2019start2023end

The SENTRYNET project explores technical and operational issues associated with developing trust within human-robot interactions. It provides an opportunity to explore trust in two critical domains: trust between asset-centric personnel and the sentry robot, and trust between the sentry robot and visitors to the facility.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Netowrks
SENTRYNET: Developing trust between soldiers, civilians, and robots$1.5Mvalue2019start2023end

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Autonomous systems for defence and security: Trust and barriers to adoption. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in collaboration with Canada’s academic and defence & security communities are seeking revolutionary advances in our understanding of autonomous systems for defence and security applications, with a focus on trust and barriers to adoption.

  • National Defence
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
Incremental Project Grants$1.3Mvalue2025start2026end

The Incremental Project Grants (IPG) help Canadian postsecondary institutions ensure their federally funded research projects are conducted in world-class facilities with the best equipment and administrative support available

Internationally Educated Professionals Employment Foundation Program: IEP Bridging Program$1.3Mvalue2025start2028end

Employment Related Services; Indirect Services; Information and Orientation Services

Home-Base Keeping track of home-base during self-motion in microgravity$1.2Mvalue2025start2031end

Astronauts need to know where they are relative to their spacecraft as they move about in microgravity. The Principal Investigator (PI) team’s previous experiments demonstrated that astronauts adapt quickly to the novel perceptual environment of the International Space Station (ISS) and can reliably estimate how far they have moved in a straight-line using vision alone. However, other experiments have demonstrated that the perception of self-rotation in microgravity may be disrupted. The PI team’s proposed experiment assesses how effectively an astronaut can keep track of their starting positi

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
The Effect of Long Duration Hypogravity on the Perception of Self-Motion$1.1Mvalue2016start2023end

Perception of Self-Motion In Space. The Perception of Self-Motion (POSM) project investigates the amplitude of motion evoked by a given pattern of optic flow by measuring how far a participant needs to “travel” in a simulated environment to reach a previously viewed target. Motion profiles will be fit by a model we have developed to describe visually induced motion on earth: our “leaky spatial integrator” model of vection. Perceived tilt will be measured by having subjects indicate their perceived posture relative to the remembered external environment (i.e., the ISS). Control experiments wil

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
2324-HQ-000031$1.0Mvalue2023start2028end

To enhance health services access for French and English linguistic minority communities in Canada and improve the accessibility, quality, sustainability and accountability of Canada’s health care system.

1819-HQ-000148$930Kvalue2019start2023end

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Agreement$798Kvalue2024start–end

Pneumatic Thermostat to DDC Retrofit

Incremental Project Grants$779Kvalue2024start2025end

The Incremental Project Grants (IPG) help Canadian postsecondary institutions ensure their federally funded research projects are conducted in world-class facilities with the best equipment and administrative support available

The Homelessness Learning Hub: A Community Capacity Building and Professional Development Website$698Kvalue2019start2024end

Reaching Home aims to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.

Development and Scale-up of Novel Solid CO2 Capture Photoactive Sorbents$695Kvalue2025start2027end

This project is mostly related to technology research and development.

Creating Space: Precarious Status Women Leading Local Pandemic Responses$668Kvalue2022start2024end

This 19-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Working with community partners representing precarious status women, frontline workers and Indigenous women, York University will examine how different groups of status-insecure women envision and enact local, collaborative models of self-determination to enhance their economic and physical well-being. They will conduct policy consultation workshops on labour and immigration law and policy, as well as gender-based violence. Policy briefs will be developed and adapt

1920-HQ-000038 (The Agreement Number is used to populate this field)$599Kvalue2019start2021end

P000950 (The Funding Request Number is used to populate this field)

Day-time Star Tracker Design and Demonstration for Space Situational Awareness SSA$534Kvalue2024start2028end

The long-term objective of this project is to develop a low-cost wide field-of-view (FOV) optical system for debris detection from a nanosatellite. The project will aim to develop a more compact camera capable of real-time image processing for space surveillance in challenging lighting conditions. The project objectives are to design an advanced star field simulator to accurately represent challenging imaging environment, to develop an algorithm using neural network for star and RSO detection in non-ideal light conditions, and to design a real-time adaptive camera control in response to change

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Agreement for Enhancing Road Safety and Equity Through Strategic Deployment of Mobile Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras$528Kvalue2024start2026end

Collection of uniform complete timely road safety related information and data To develop and improve technology to promote a safer road transportation system To support the enforcement of regulations related to interprovincial trucking activities To undertake outreach activities communication cooperation and collaboration among road safety stakeholders

Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology$500Kvalue2011start–end

The Research component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contribution Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the future. This project has the objective(s): • To support the development of science and technology relevant to the priorities of the Canadian Space A

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology$500Kvalue2016start–end

This project entitled « CubeSat Electrodynamic Tether Deorbit Experiment (CETDE) » fosters the development of a critical mass of researchers and HQP in Canadian Space Sector by conducting a CubeSat Electrodynamic Tether Deorbit Experiment. The experiment involves two CubeSats linked by a 400m bare tape electrodynamic tether (EDT), to be launched from the International Space Station. It will demonstrate the propellant less EDT propulsion technology, the feasibility of deorbiting end-of-mission/dysfunctionnal satellites and space debris by EDT and new ideas in conducting science experiments usi

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Open Security LLMs and Cybersecurity Datasets for IoT and CAV Networks: A Knowledge Mobilization Approach to Trustworthy AI$484Kvalue2026start2030end

The project strengthens Canada’s cybersecurity by addressing Internet of Things (IoT) and Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) vulnerabilities through Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven threat detection, honeynet simulations, and open-source datasets. It promotes awareness via the Understanding Cybersecurity Series (UCS) series and includes research, live attack simulations, training, and global collaboration. York’s Behaviour-Centric Cybersecurity Centre leads with advanced labs and expertise.

Building a Diverse Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for AgriFood Businesses$477Kvalue2023start2026end

This project aims to fill an existing ecosystem gap within the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and agri-food sector by building new programming and expanding the reach of the existing Food & Beverage Accelerator.

A Data-Informed Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Construction Material Supply Chain Management Using BIM and GIS$462Kvalue2026start2028end

This project will advance the digital transformation of the construction industry by developing an integrated, data-driven decision support system for sustainable supply chain management. It combines Building Information Modeling (BIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), real-time sensor data, and logistics information into a graph-based integration framework, visualized through interactive Power BI dashboards. The system will provide real-time information on material flows, logistics, and project performance. Multi-criteria optimization and decision-making methods will be applied to design

Immigrant Women, Youth, and Seniors: A Research and Knowledge Mobilization Project on the Settlement Outcomes-Services Nexus$457Kvalue2017start–end
Agreement$440Kvalue2019start–end

Assessing the atmospheric transport and deposition of ionogenic contaminants impacting whale habitats

Mars Atmospheric Gas Evolution - Flying Localization Investigation MAGE-FLI$436Kvalue2026start2029end

This project aims to better understand the sources and behavior of methane gas on Mars, which is important because it could indicate active biological or chemical processes beneath the planet’s surface. To achieve this, the project uses rotorcraft—drones capable of flying in Mars-like conditions—to track methane plumes and pinpoint their origins. The investigation will progress through three stages: first, examining plume dynamics and source localization in a non-chemically reactive environment; next, examining methane and chlorine interactions under simulated Mars conditions in a laboratory;

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Resilient Next Generation LEO-based Positioning Navigation and Timing$436Kvalue2026start2029end

This project aims to strengthen the resilience of satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing services by advancing low-Earth orbit positioning, navigation and timing (LEO-PNT) technology as a complement to existing global navigation satellite systems (GPS and more generally GNSS), which remain vulnerable to interference and disruption. The expected results include characterizing navigation signals and ranging performance from new LEO-PNT satellites, new timing solutions, pioneering research in satellite-based indoor positioning, and enhanced ground-based GNSS + LEO-PNT solutions. The p

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology

Departments

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada9agreements$21.6Mvalue2programs
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada8agreements$20.6Mvalue4programs
  • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario
  • Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund
  • Intellectual Property Legal Clinics Program
  • Science and Innovation

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Canadian Space Agency51agreements$12.7Mvalue1programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology

All grants from Canadian Space Agency

National Defence7agreements$9.0Mvalue4programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Netowrks
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)

All grants from National Defence

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada8agreements$7.7Mvalue2programs
Environment and Climate Change Canada22agreements$5.7Mvalue1programs
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario3agreements$5.5Mvalue3programs
  • Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)
  • WES Ecosystem Fund (Regional)
  • WES Regional Top-Up

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Employment and Social Development Canada60agreements$3.8Mvalue18programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • RH - Community Capacity and Innovation - Contr
  • Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) - Innovative Solutions to Homelessness
  • HPS-Innovative Solutions to Homelessness-Contr
  • IAM-Can-Euro. Comm. Prog. Co-op. High Edu. & Train
  • CSC - Micro-Grants

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

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National Research Council Canada12agreements$2.3Mvalue4programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • International Astronomical Observatories Program
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Outreach Initiative

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Health Canada4agreements$2.1Mvalue3programs
  • Official Languages Health Program
  • Canadian Health Systems and Programs
  • Substance Use and Addictions Programs

All grants from Health Canada

Global Affairs Canada18agreements$1.6Mvalue4programs
  • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program
  • Grants in Aid of Academic Relations

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Natural Resources Canada5agreements$1.5Mvalue5programs
  • Energy Innovation Program
  • Contributions in Support of Building and Mobilizing Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge
  • Transportation and Alternative Fuels
  • Wildland Fire Resilience
  • Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative

All grants from Natural Resources Canada

Transport Canada4agreements$1.1Mvalue2programs
  • Road Safety Transfer Payment Program / Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program
  • Rail Safety Improvement Program: Infrastructure, Technology and Research Component

All grants from Transport Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada5agreements$959Kvalue2programs
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
  • The Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention program promotes the health and well-being of Canadians of all ages by supporting community-based projects which address the root causes of health inequalities, and the common risk and protective factors

All grants from Public Health Agency of Canada

Women and Gender Equality Canada1agreements$668Kvalue1programs
Public Safety Canada1agreements$484Kvalue1programs
  • (CSCP) Cyber Security Cooperation Program

All grants from Public Safety Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada1agreements$477Kvalue1programs
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities1agreements$426Kvalue1programs
Polar Knowledge Canada7agreements$387Kvalue2programs
  • Northern Science and Technology Program
  • Northern Scientific Training Program

All grants from Polar Knowledge Canada

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada3agreements$144Kvalue1programs
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada4agreements$127Kvalue1programs
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada1agreements$20.0Kvalue1programs

Years

202615agreements$3.6Mvalue8programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • (CSCP) Cyber Security Cooperation Program
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • International Astronomical Observatories Program
  • Preventing and Managing Pollution
  • Contributions Program
202530agreements$14.3Mvalue16programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Settlement Program
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Settlement
  • Energy Innovation Program
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
202432agreements$14.6Mvalue10programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Road Safety Transfer Payment Program / Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program
  • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
202318agreements$9.1Mvalue11programs
  • Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund
  • Official Languages Health Program
  • AgriDiversity
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • CSC - Micro-Grants
  • Wildland Fire Resilience
202219agreements$9.3Mvalue12programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Women's Program
  • Reaching Home
  • Northern Science and Technology Program
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
202120agreements$1.5Mvalue10programs
  • Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Northern Affairs
202020agreements$6.5Mvalue8programs
  • Settlement
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • WES Regional Top-Up
  • Transportation and Alternative Fuels
  • Intellectual Property Legal Clinics Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
201920agreements$14.2Mvalue12programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Netowrks
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Innovation Networks
  • WES Ecosystem Fund (Regional)
  • Canadian Health Systems and Programs
  • RH - Community Capacity and Innovation - Contr
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201813agreements$1.7Mvalue5programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Rail Safety Improvement Program: Infrastructure, Technology and Research Component
  • LFP - Workplace Opportunities – Grants
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Northern Affairs
20175agreements$1.1Mvalue4programs
  • Settlement
  • Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) - Innovative Solutions to Homelessness
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
  • Contributions Program
201610agreements$2.8Mvalue1programs
  • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
20152agreements$224Kvalue0programs
    20147agreements$1.2Mvalue1programs
    • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
    20134agreements$821Kvalue1programs
    • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
    20124agreements$518Kvalue2programs
    • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario
    • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
    20114agreements$16.3Mvalue3programs
    • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario
    • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
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    20103agreements$263Kvalue3programs
    • IAM-Program North American Mobility in Higher Educ
    • HPS-Homelessness Knowledge Development-Grant
    • Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
    20086agreements$603Kvalue4programs
    • IAM-Can-Euro. Comm. Prog. Co-op. High Edu. & Train
    • Homelessness Knowledge Dev. Program (HKDP)- Grant
    • Special Initiatives Program
    • Homelessness Knowledge Dev. Program (HKDP)- Cont.
    20072agreements$226Kvalue1programs
    • NHI-National Research Program (National) Cont.
    20061agreements$40.0Kvalue1programs
    • Science and Innovation

    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.