Contribution Agreement

When the Recipient has completed filling out the form, please click print. The Recipient must send all the required application forms by mail to the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Project Manager.

Name of Recipient

Have you completed and attached Annexes A and B? Yes

Full Address of Recipient

Maximum Amount of Contribution

Effective Date and Duration of the Agreement

From: To:

Purpose of the Contribution and Expected Results (Describe activity being funded and how the activity relates to the program objectives)

Eligible Costs (50% of intern’s salary up to a maximum of $1,100 per month)

Payment Schedule (NRCan agrees to advance to the Recipient the lesser of:

75% of the maximum amount of this contribution; or
an amount payable by NRCan based on prorated eligible expenditures expected to be incurred by the Recipient from the effective date of this Agreement to the March 31 following the effective date.

If option b is exercised by NRCan, 75% of the maximum amount of the contribution less the amount advanced prior to March 31 may be advanced after March 31.

NRCan’s final payment will become due upon receipt by NRCan of the Final Report completed to the satisfaction of NRCan. Failure by the Recipient to provide this Report by the date specified in this Agreement will constitute a default by the Recipient and all funding provided under this Agreement must promptly be returned to NRCan.)

75% = $ at the beginning of the internship
25% = $ at the end of the internship providing that final reports are received

The Recipient is requested to submit the Final Report by the following dates:

Note: Should the internship end before the specified end date, the recipient must inform NRCan immediately and provide final reports for the period of time of the internship

Acknowledgment and Signatures

The Recipient hereby acknowledges having read the above terms and conditions and those contained in this Agreement or in any appendix to this Agreement, and accepts all of these terms and conditions as part of this Agreement.

Signed on behalf of Recipient ______________________________________

Title of Authorized Officer

Date

Signed of behalf of NRCan _________________________________________

Title of Authorized Officer

Date

Articles of Agreement

The signing of this Agreement constitutes a legal contract which binds each party to the terms and conditions therein.
The Recipient hereby:
1. acknowledges that any payments due under this Agreement are subject to funds being appropriated by Parliament for the fiscal year in which the payment is to be made;
2. acknowledges that NRCan has the right to cancel or reduce any amount owing under this Agreement in the event that Parliament reduces NRCan’s funding for the Science and Technology Internship Program;
3. acknowledges that NRCan has the right to set-off against amounts owing to the government, any amount owing to the Recipient under this Agreement;
4. agrees to repay the Government of Canada any overpayments, unexpended balances and disallowed expenses and agrees that such amounts constitute debts due to the Crown;
5. agrees that no member of the House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement or to any benefit arising therefrom;
6. has informed NRCan of the involvement of former public servants who are under post-employment Guidelines;
7. agrees that the Government of Canada has the right to publicly disclose information, except personal information, related to this Agreement; and
8. recognizes that the Government of Canada has two official languages and agrees to comply with the provisions as indicated on this Agreement or as detailed in an Appendix.
1. It is a term of this Agreement that no public servant or public office holder, either currently or formerly employed by a federal entity, and to whom the Conflict of Interest Act, the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders or the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Service applies, shall derive any direct or indirect benefit from the Agreement unless the provision or receipt of such benefit is in compliance with such legislation and codes; and that no member of the Senate or the House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part of the Agreement, or to any benefit arising from it, that is not otherwise available to the general public.
2. If any individual working for the Recipient formerly provided consultancy services to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, that are related to this Agreement, particularly any services associated with developing the Agreement or developing the Project which is the subject of this Agreement, the Recipient is considered to be in a real, perceived, or potential conflict of interest situation.
3. If a conflict of interest situation arises during the Agreement the Recipient shall notify the Minister. Upon request, the Recipient shall notify the Minister of all reasonable steps taken to identify, avoid, prevent, and where it exists, resolve any conflict of interest situation.
4. The Minister may investigate a real, perceived, or potential conflict of interest and take such steps and measures as the Minister considers appropriate, including without limitation: informing the Recipient that it is in a conflict of interest situation; requesting specific actions be taken to correct the situation; requiring the Recipient to withdraw any individual from participation in the Project for reasons of conflict of interest; suspending payments under the Agreement; or terminating the Agreement.
The Recipient shall not make any representation that the Recipient is an agent of the Government of Canada and shall ensure that the members of Recipient's organization do not make any representation that could reasonably lead any member of the public to believe that the Recipient or its members or contractors are agents of the Government of Canada.
The Minister may, by giving written notice to the Recipient, terminate this Agreement in whole or in part, and require the repayment of all or any part of the contribution if the Recipient has breached any warranty or obligation under the Agreement or made any misrepresentation in its application for assistance.
The Recipient shall:
1. keep proper accounts and records of the expenditures for the subject of this Agreement for a period of three years from the completion of this Agreement;
2. permit the Minister’s representatives to audit, inspect and make copies of these accounts and records at all reasonable times;
3. provide facilities to the Minister’s representatives for those audits and inspections; and
4. promptly refund to the Government of Canada any overpayments of the contribution disclosed by an audit.
The Recipient shall not represent itself, including in any agreement with a third party, as a partner or agent of the Crown
The Recipient must advise NRCan of any other source of revenue, either confirmed or anticipated, related to the eligible costs identified in this Agreement.
Any person lobbying on behalf of the Recipient must be registered pursuant to the Lobbyist Registration Act.
The wordings of the documents listed below are hereby incorporated into, and form part of, this Agreement. If there is a discrepancy between the wordings of any documents that appear on the list, the wording of the document that first appears on the list has priority over the wording of any document that subsequently appears on the list as follows:
1. the Articles of Agreement; and
2. Annex A and B of this Agreement