National Defence · Grant program
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program
Targeted Engagement Grants (TEGs) respond to defence policy challenges with the goal of informing current and future defence policy-thinking. TEGs provide non-recurring financial support to fund activities such as conferences, workshops, roundtables, and research and publications that are relevent to DND/CAF and align with defence policy challenges.
- Total value
- $2.8M
- Agreements
- 33
- Sep 2019 to Aug 2020
- Median agreement
- $48K
- Typical range
- $10K–$50K
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
Most agreements under this program go to individuals (scholarships, fellowships, athletes and the like), so this site names none of its recipients. Every agreement still counts in the figures here.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on National Defence’s website.
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | $100K |
| 2020 | 32 | $2.7M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 18 | $2.3M |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 6 | $217K |
| Quebec | 5 | $135K |
| Alberta | 2 | $60K |
| New Brunswick | 1 | $50K |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $10K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Academia | 19 | $2.3M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 8 | $262K |
| Other organizations | 3 | $147K |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 1 | $100K |
| International (non-government) | 2 | $20K |