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
Research funding received by the Faculty of Science in 2020-2021
Source |
Amount |
Percentage |
---|---|---|
Canada Foundation for Innovation |
$1,869,226 |
5.4% |
Tri-council grants (including CRC) |
$17,165,106 |
50.0% |
Other external operating |
$3,815,604 |
11.1% |
Internal funding |
$3,694,162 |
10.8% |
Contracts - Government |
$6,299,908 |
18.4% |
Contracts - Industry |
$1,479,644 |
4.3% |
Major funding success stories
Multidisciplinary
![Aerial view of campus](/faculty-science/sites/g/files/bhrskd386/files/styles/max_width_l_1470px/public/2022-05/Header%20-%20Article%20-%20Sciences%20%282%29_0.jpg?itok=C-HnZBkb)
Multidisciplinary
Shifting gears to address the COVID-19 pandemic
Faculty of Science professors rose to the challenge.
Multidisciplinary
![Aerial view of the campus and rideau canal](/faculty-science/sites/g/files/bhrskd386/files/styles/max_width_l_1470px/public/2022-05/Header%20-%20Article%20-%20Sciences%20%286%29_0.jpg?itok=Nq-f16fj)
Multidisciplinary
The right tool for the job
Faculty of Science researchers successful in securing coveted equipment grants.
Multidisciplinary
![Drone view of the STEM Complex](/faculty-science/sites/g/files/bhrskd386/files/styles/max_width_l_1470px/public/2022-05/Header%20-%20Article%20-%20Sciences%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=s3Ei2-iT)
Multidisciplinary
Combining expertise from diverse disciplines for innovation and impact
Proposing innovative, interdisciplinary and high-risk/high-reward projects, two of our faculty members led applications that were successful in the Fall 2020 competition.
Success in numbers
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16
awards to our researchers
44
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) scholarship recipients
54
Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) scholarship recipients
Research
- 9 invention disclosures
- 18 patents issued
- 14 patent applications filed
- 117 contracts signed
Researchers
- 162 APUO researchers
- 127 Postdoctoral researchers
- 2 new researchers:
-
Rajendhran Rajakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
-
Carole Yauk, Professor, Department of Biology
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![Professor Michael Organ and student working under a fume hood](/faculty-science/sites/g/files/bhrskd386/files/2022-06/20210204-BF-ORGAN-LAB-202.jpg)
21
Emeritus Professors
325
PhD students
276
MSc students
Chairs
26 research chair holders
1 new chair
- Carole Yauk - Tier 1 CRC in Genomics and the Environment
Active chairs in 2020/21
- University Research Chair (URC): 10
- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC): 10
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: 6
2 chairs renewed
- Albert Stolow – Tier 1 CRC in Molecular Photonics
- Ebrahim Karimi – Tier 2 CRC in Structured Quantum Waves
Grants
- $34M in grants
- 95% success rate in the 2020/21 NSERC Discovery Grant competition
- 5 new NSERC RTI grants
- 2 NFRF – Exploration grants
- 7 NSERC Alliance COVID-19 Grants
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