2016–17 Reports on Plans and Priorities: Supplementary Information Tables – Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million

Name of transfer payment program: Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (voted)

End date	Ongoing
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture	1.1.2: Training and Career Support
Main objective	Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC) Grants support Chair programs across the spectrum of natural and social sciences, engineering, humanities and/or health sciences fields. IRCC provides an opportunity for universities to recruit or retain outstanding investigators to develop internationally competitive research programs and to transfer new knowledge from the university to industry.
Planned spending for 2016–17	$160,000
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2012–13
General targeted recipient groups	Researchers

End date	Ongoing
Type of transfer payment	Grant
Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture	1.2.2: Horizontal Health Research Initiatives
Main objective	The Business Led Networks of Centres of Excellence program aims to establish networks conducting research in priority areas resulting in a long-term competitive advantage to consortia of Canadian firms, supported by networks of academics and government researchers in all health-related fields.
Planned spending for 2016–17	$3,106,750
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation	2015–16
General targeted recipient groups	Industry-Related