Benefits to Canadians
Canadian universities: Hot-beds of Canadian R&D
Did you know?
- Universities perform more than one third of all research in Canada attracting the highest share of private sector research of any of the G-7 countries. Universities conducted more than $5 billion worth of research for the Canadian private sector over the last decade.
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Between 1997-98 and 2004-05, the federal government committed $15 billion to basic research. About $9.4 billion of this was allocated to the three federal research granting agencies. The other one-third was divided among the Canada Foundation for Innovation ($3.65 billion); the Canada Research Chairs Program ($900 million); indirect costs support ($670 million); and Genome Canada ($435 million).
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Over the last 10 years, universities have conducted more than $5.2 billion worth of research commissioned by private-sector firms as part of their innovation process.
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Cumulatively, universities’ dynamic impact on Canada’s economy was estimated at $50 billion in 2004.
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Canada has attracted or repatriated 474 leading scholars through the Canada Research Chairs Program. To date, 1,509 Research Chairs have been established in universities across the country.
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The creation of 4,000 new graduate scholarships has resulted in increased opportunities for talented young Canadian researchers to undertake graduate study.
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Since its inception, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has allocated close to $2.6 billion to almost 4,300 research infrastructure projects. Close to $3.9 billion in additional support has been attracted from outside the institutions, for a total of almost $6.5 billion allocated to Canadian research infrastructure over the past seven years.
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Canada’s international research collaboration, as measured by the percentage of publications involving co-publication activity, continues to grow steadily and exceeds the world average.