Building Capacity with the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program

Eligible Capacity Building expenses

All expenses must be directly related to and necessary for the project, as well as verifiable (i.e., invoices, purchase orders, timesheets).

Eligible expenses may include:

• Salaries and benefits for employees on the payroll of the applicant organization, for actual time spent by employees on the project;
• Professional, technical, and contracting services;
• Other expenses including:
  • Field supplies, materials, and testing services;
  • Printing services and translation;
  • Facility costs for training, seminars, conference room rentals, etc. (excluding hospitality);
  • Accreditation, licence fees, and permits; and
  • Honoraria for Indigenous peoples and costs associated with Indigenous ceremonies.
• Goods and Services Tax (GST), Provincial Sales Tax (PST), or Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), net of any tax rebate to which the applicant organization is entitled (in accordance with NRCan’s “Certification for the treatment of GST, HST or PST” form, which will be provided by the program if the project is approved for funding consideration).

Eligible Indigenous Grant expenses

Eligible Expenditures are those necessary to support the purpose of the funding and must be directly related to the implementation and conduct of a project. These include:

• Salaries and benefits for employees on the payroll of the applicant organization, for the actual time spent by the employees on the project;
• Professional and contracting services;
• Other expenses, including:
  • Printing services and translation;
  • Data collection services, including processing, analysis, and management;
  • Facility expenses for seminars, conference room rentals, etc. (excluding hospitality); and
  • Honoraria and costs associated with Indigenous ceremonies, where the applicant is an Indigenous organization.
• GST, PST, or HST costs, net of any tax rebate to which the applicant organization is entitled.