Federal government funding and programs
The Canadian government provides funding opportunities for research through the following organizations:
Canadian Foundation For Innovation: www.innovation.ca/en
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
National Research Council: www.nrc.ca
National Sciences and Engineering: www.nserc.gc.ca
Networks of Centres of Excellence: www.nce.gc.ca
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada: www.sshrc.ca
Q What did the landscape of Ontario research look like
in the 1990s before OIT and the Canada Foundation for
Innovation funding arrived?
A Foundation for Innovation funding arrived? It was a
low-lying terrain with a small number of exceptional
spikes of excellence. But those spikes were very narrow
and very steep and not connected in any way.
China has increased its spending on research and
development from $20 billion to $90 billion between
2002 and 2007. Over the same period, Canada increased
its spending from $23 billion to $27 billion and
Ontario increased it from $10.4 billion to $12.5
billion.
Source: Nature Publishing, Statistics Canada
Source: Nature Publishing, Statistics Canada
