European Space Agency
$4,650,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Recipient country
- France
- Fiscal year
- 2012-2013
- Agreement period
- November 21, 2012 – —
- Reference
- csa-asc:003-2012-2013-Q4-01546
Published purpose
European Program for Life and Physical Sciences and Applications in Space (ELIPS): The following contribution has been awarded under the European Space Agency (ESA) Contribution Program pursuant the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency (ESA). The ELIPS Program allows Europe to capitalize on its investments into the ISS infrastructure and also to use independent mission platform assets in order to enable world leading contributions to progress in the areas of : Fundamental research, in both physical and life sciences; Applied Research, and industry driven Research and Development (R&D); Preparation of Human Exploration of space; Development of advanced technologies to support the optimum utilization of ISS and future space infrastructures; and Education.
In plain English AI-generated
This contribution funds Canada's participation in the European Space Agency's ELIPS program, supporting research in physical and life sciences, applied research, and technology development for space exploration and ISS utilization.
Category: Research Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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