Senior Military Appointment (SMA) Grant

The Senior Military Appointment (SMA) Grant provides the eligible senior military at the minimum of rank of BGen/Cmdre, without access to Unit Fund NPP resources, with modest NPP resources to meet representational and CAF recognition requirements.

No. The SMA grant only applies to Senior Military personnel at a minimum rank of BGen/Cmdre who have been given command responsibilities or appointed to a command OUTCAN position. 

The SMA Grant is distributed to Senior Military personnel at a minimum rank of BGen/Cmdre who have been given command responsibilities or appointed to a command OUTCAN position. A request can be submitted to your Senior Military personnel to ask if there are any funds available for the local level.

No. Each year, the SMA Grant will only be distributed after the annual report has been provided to the CFO/CFMWS. For more information see the SMA Grant Policy.

No. Unspent SMA Grant funds cannot be carried forward into the next fiscal year.

Similar to the positions listed on the delegation of authority tables, the recipients of the SMA grant do not require higher authority to sign their Annex C as their authority is issued on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff under the authority of the Managing Director Non-Public Property.

The NPP ID is the CF One Member number. If this number is unknown, insert the Service number (S/N).

Anyone given a temporary assignment or the authority to act on behalf of a Senior Military personnel who is eligible to receive the SMA grant could request a temporary allocation of a portion of or all of the SMA Grant. Requests must be submitted to and approved by the CFMWS MD NPP.

No, civilians cannot be awarded coins bought with SMA Grant funds. As per the SMA Grant policy, coins are an acceptable use of the SMA CAF Recognition portion of the SMA grant which is for members of the CAF only.

As NPP Beneficiaries, family members of current and former serving CAF members would be permitted to attend a ceremony where SMA funds will be used for refreshments whereas friends would not be permitted to attend. 

No, one SMA fund cannot be used to top up another SMA fund because each SMA fund shall be used for its intended purpose and within its allocated amount.

Yes. The recipient of the sub-delegated signing authority must complete Annex C of the DOA and the SMA Grant recipient must sign as the Delegating Authority.

No. Each SMA Grant fund shall operate within it allocated amount and cannot be topped up.

No. The SMA Grant is for senior military at the minimum rank of BGen/Cmdre without access to NPP representational resources.