An overview of the Research funding received by the Faculty of Science in 2023-2024.
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 | $15,997,074 | 28.3% |
| Tri-Council Grants (including CRC & CERC) | $20,573,482 | 36.4% |
| Other External Operating | $6,001,262 | 10.6% |
| Internal Funding | $4,910,535 | 8.7% |
| Contracts-Public sector (including Mitacs) | $8,281,015 | 14.6% |
| Contracts-Industry | $788,025 | 1.4% |
TOTAL | $56,551,392 | 100% |
Legend:
- CRC: Canada Research Chairs
- CERC: Canada Excellence Research Chairs
Funding success stories
Biology
糵 professor awarded grant for research on restoring movement after spinal…
Professor Tuan Bui has received a major grant to advance research on restoring movement after spinal cord injuries, using cutting-edge gene therapy to explore new ways to rehabilitate motor function.
Biology
True North Berries: Turning winter white into strawberry delight
Prof. Allyson MacLean leads True North Berries, growing fresh local strawberries even in winter using a new vertical farming system funded by a $1M Weston Family Foundation grant.
Success in numbers
12
awards to our researchers
24
Undergraduate Science Research Opportunity Program (USRO) recipients
35
Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) scholarship recipients
Innovation
- 7 invention disclosures
- 13 patent applications filed
- 15 patents issued
- 72 contracts signed
Researchers
- 158 APUO researchers
- 30 Emeritus Professors
- 343 PhD students
- 232 MSc students
- 140 Postdoctoral researchers
- 5 new researchers:
- François-Michel Boire, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Zenghu Chang, Professor, Department of Physics
- Hang Chi, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
- Joseph Moran, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
- Yaseen Mottiar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Research chairs
Chairs
29 research chair-holders.
29 active chairs in 2023/24
- Canada Excellence Research Chair : 1
- University Research Chair (URC): 10
- Distinguished Research Chair : 1
- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC): 9
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: 8
5 new chairs
- Zenghu Chang – CERC in Attosecond X-ray Photonics
- Hang Chi – Tier 2 CRC in Quantum Electronic Devices and Circuits
- Ebrahim Karimi – Tier 1 CRC in Structured Waves and Quantum Communications
- Julie Lee-Yaw – Tier 2 CRC in Global Change Ecology and Macroecology
- Joseph Moran – Tier 1 CRC in Systems ChemistryAdam Damry – Tier 2 CRC in Synthetic Biology
Grants
- $56.6 M in grants
- 81% success rate in the 2023/24 NSERC Discovery Grant competition
- 3 NSERC RTI grants
- 3 NFRF – Exploration grants
