An overview of research funding received by the Faculty of Science
Research statistics
Competitive research funding, research chairs, technology transfer and more – learn about the Faculty of Science’s successes last year.
Funding
|
Source |
Amount |
Percentage |
|---|---|---|
|
Canada Foundation for Innovation |
$2,173,835 |
6.2% |
|
Tri-Council Grants (including CRC) |
$14,509,314 |
41.7% |
|
Other External Operating |
$3,348,708 |
9.6% |
|
Internal Funding |
$3,871,355 |
11.1% |
|
Contracts-Public sector (including Mitacs) |
$8,277,140 |
24.0% |
|
Contracts-Industry |
$2,608,965 |
7.5% |
|
TOTAL |
$34,789,317 |
100% |
CRC: Canada Research Chairs
Major funding success stories
Mathematics and statistics
Emboldening students to cross disciplinary boundaries
Have you ever wondered how YouTube, Netflix, and Instagram are able to suggest new content we might like? This is the work of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the field of AI is rapidly evolving.
Chemistry and biomolecular Sc.
Making the world a better place – One enzyme at a time
Imagine if there was a way to remove pollutants from water and soil, neutralize chemical weapons and treat various diseases with low environmental and health risks? Although this might sound like fantasy, this could one day become reality with the help of novel engineered enzymes.
Physics
Growing our research teams to advance quantum technologies
Through its Early Researcher Awards (ERA) program, the Government of Ontario provides 5-year grants that support training activities for graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research associates, and technicians, as well as youth outreach activities and conference travel. In 2022, Professors Adina Luican-Mayer and Jean-Michel Ménard received ERA funding to support their innovative research programs in quantum technologies.
Mathematics and statistics
Better, faster, stronger: the future of quantum computing
To advance the development of quantum technologies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the European Commission partnered on the NSERC-European Commission Joint Call on Quantum Technologies.
Multidisciplinary
Advancing science by collaborating across disciplines
New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) – Exploration grants support interdisciplinary, high-risk and high-return research. In 2021, Professors Eva Hemmer, François-Xavier Campbell-Valois and Augusto Gerolin received NFRF funding for their pioneering projects.
Success in numbers
17
awards to our researchers
35
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) scholarship recipients
28
Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) scholarship recipients
Research
- 3 invention disclosures
- 24 patents issued
- 10 patent applications filed
- 126 contracts signed
Researchers
- 150 APUO researchers
-
142 Postdoctoral researchers
- 2 new researchers:
- Kelsey Gasior, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Augusto Gerolin, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
22
Emeritus Professors
341
PhD students
250
MSc students
Chairs
31 research chair holders
31 active chairs
- University Research Chair (URC): 13
- Distinguished Research Chair : 1
- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC): 10
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: 7
4 new chairs
- Augusto Gerolin – Tier 2 CRC in AI at the Interface of Chemistry and Mathematics
- Derek Pratt – URC in Free Radical Chemistry
- Vincent Tabard-Cossa – URC in Nanoscale Biophysics and Nanopore Science
- Paul Corkum – Distinguished Research Chair in Attosecond Science
3 chairs renewed
- Pascal Audet – URC in Solid Earth Geophysics
- David Bryce – URC in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Vance Trudeau – URC in Neuroendocrinology
Grants
- $34.8 M in grants
- 94% success rate in the 2021/22 NSERC Discovery Grant competition
- 3 NSERC RTI grants
- 1 new CREATE grant
- 3 NFRF – Exploration grants
