Departmental Plan ( DP ) 2017-18 Quick links
Programs planned to be evaluated in the next five years
| Fiscal year (of the planned date for deputy head approval of the evaluation report) |
Title of the evaluation | Completion of last evaluation | Link to department's Program Inventory | Planned spending associated with the program(s) evaluated (dollars) Table 4 note 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Evaluation of the Industrial Research Assistance Program ( IRAP ) | 2012-13( IRAP ) 2013-14 ( DTAPP Table 4 note 2) 2016-17 ( BIAP Table 4 note 3) |
Industrial Research Assistance Program ( IRAP ) | 244,557,189 excluding Canadian Accelerator Incubator Program ( CAIP ) |
| 2017-18 | Evaluation of NRC Security and Disruptive Technologies | No previous evaluation (currently underway) | Security and Disruptive Technologies (Sub-program) | 12,681,064 excluding estimated planned spending by National Institute for Nanotechnology |
| 2017-18 | Evaluation of NRC Information and Communication Technologies ( ICT ) | 2016-17 ( ILTG Table 4 note 4) No previous evaluation of the subprogram as a whole |
Information and Communication Technologies (Sub-program) | 31,275,936 |
| 2018-19 | Evaluation of NRC Energy, Mining and Environment | No previous evaluation | Energy, Mining and Environment (Sub-program) | 23,670,635 |
| 2018-19 | Evaluation of NRC Aerospace | Institute for Aerospace Research – 2011-12 | Aerospace (Sub-program) | 54,953,484 |
| 2018-19 | Evaluation of NRC 's Contribution to TRIUMF | 2013-14 | Science Infrastructure and Measurement (Program) | 55,262,800 |
| 2018-19 | Evaluation of the Canadian Accelerator Incubator Program ( CAIP ) | 2016-17 | Industrial Research Assistance Program ( IRAP ) | 17,355,791 |
| 2018-19 | Evaluation of NRC Automotive and Surface Transportation | Surface Transportation Subprogram – 2013-14 | Automotive and Surface Transportation (Sub-program) | 38,588,287 |
| 2019-20 | Evaluation of NRC Construction | 2013-14 | Construction (Sub-program) | 22,041,570 |
| 2019-20 | Evaluation of the NRC Measurement Science and Standards Portfolio Assessed Contribution to the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (Transfer Payment Program) |
2015-16 | Measurement Science and Standards (Sub-program) | 23,983,050 (taking into account the Assessed Contribution to the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures Transfer Payment Program) |
| 2019-20 | Evaluation of NRC Human Health Therapeutics | 2014-15 | Human Health Therapeutics (Sub-program) | 40,107,248 |
| 2020-21 | Evaluation of the National Institute for Nanotechnology | 2015-16 | Security and Disruptive Technologies | 7,873,079 |
| 2020-21 | Evaluation of NRC Medical Devices | No previous evaluation | Medical Devices (Sub-program) | 9,464,857 |
| 2021-22 | Evaluation of NRC Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering | 2016-17 | Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering (Sub-program) | 15,285,747 |
| 2021-22 | Evaluation of NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2016-17 | National Science Infrastructure (Sub-program) | 48,938,532 |
| 2021-22 | Evaluation of the Genomics R&D Initiative | 2016-17 | Technology Development and Advancement Program | 8,420,000 (based upon 2015-16 actual spending) |
| 2021-22 | Evaluation of NRC Aquatic and Crop Resource Development | 2016-17 | Aquatic and Crop Resource Development (Sub-program) | 27,669,071 |
| Total organizational spending | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 682,128,340 |
Table notes
- Table 4 note 1
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Planned Spending values are calculated for three years. All information beyond three years is based upon 2019-20 calculated values.
- Table 4 note 2
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Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program, a former subset of IRAP .
- Table 4 note 3
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Business Innovation Access Program, a former subset of IRAP .
- Table 4 note 4
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Interactive Language Technologies Group, a subset of the ICT subprogram.
Programs with no planned evaluations in the next five years
| Link to the departmental Program Inventory | Completion of last evaluation | Rationale for not evaluating in the current five-year cycle | Planned spending associated with the programs not planned to be evaluated (dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Services -- Grants to International Affiliations (Transfer Payment Program) | 2015-16 | The program has low materiality. There are no known issues with the program (based on frequently monitored performance data). | 560,000 |
| Total organizational spending | Not applicable | Not applicable | 560,000 |
Total planned organizational spending in dollars (programs planned to be evaluated in the next five years plus programs with no planned evaluations in the next five years): 711,603,942