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 Coordinator.

Name of Recipient (Intern - Name)

Have you completed and attached Annexes A and B?
Yes No

Agreement No.
Full Address of Recipient

Maximum Amount of Contribution
Advance Payment Amount (see Payment Schedule below)

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)
[Recipient to complete this section, providing a brief summary of the project, ensuring to include outcomes of the project]

Eligible Costs - 50% of intern’s salary up to a maximum of $1,100 per month (daily rate of $50.77).

Payment Schedule: Upon the signature of the Contribution Agreement by the Recipient and by NRCan, 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 eligible expenditures expected to be incurred by the Recipient from the effective date of this Agreement to March 31st following the effective date.

Note: If Option 2 is exercised by NRCan, 75% of the maximum amount of the contribution less the amount advanced prior to March 31st, may be advanced after March 31st.

NRCan’s final payment will become due upon receipt by NRCan of the Final Recipient Financial Report, the Recipient Post Internship Questionnaire, and the Intern Post Internship Questionnaire, completed satisfactorily and in the format prescribed by NRCan.

Failure by the Recipient to provide these documents 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.

The Recipient is requested to submit the Final Recipient Financial Report, the Recipient Post Internship Questionnaire, and the Intern Post Internship Questionnaire, by the following date:

Note: Should the internship end before the specified end date, the Recipient must inform NRCan immediately and provide final the Final Recipient Financial Report, the Recipient Post Internship Questionnaire, and the Intern Post Internship Questionnaire, 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 the Articles of Agreement, as well as Annexes A and B, and accepts all of these terms and conditions as part of this agreement.

Signed on behalf of Recipient
______________________________________

Title of Authorized Officer for Recipient

Name (please print)
_________________________________________

Date
Signed on behalf of NRCan
_________________________________________

Title of Authorized Officer for NRCan

Lynn Belsey, Program Manager
David Ash, Program Director

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. agrees that the Government of Canada has the right to publicly disclose information, except personal information, related to this Agreement; and
7. 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 Annex.
It is a term of this Agreement that all current or former public servants to whom the federal Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, Policy on Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment, or NRCan Values and Ethics Code applies, shall comply with the Codes or Policy, as applicable. A conflict of interest exists where the personal or private interests of a public servant overlap or conflict with, or can reasonably be seen to overlap or conflict with, his or her public duties.
The Recipient shall not make any representation that the Recipient is an agent or a partner of the Government of Canada and shall ensure that the members of the Recipient 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 or partners 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. refund promptly to the Government of Canada any overpayments of the contribution disclosed by an audit.
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 Lobbying Act. Interns paid under this agreement must not be involved in lobbying activities on behalf of the Recipient.
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;
2. Annexes A and B of this Agreement; and
3. the Final Recipient Financial Report, the Recipient Post Internship Questionnaire, and the Intern Post Internship Questionnaire
This Agreement may not be amended or assigned without NRCan`s written authorization.

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Date modified:: 2016-03-11

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