In 2021/22, UBC received a total of $773,686,504.82 in research funding from all sources, supporting a total of 10,218 projects.
Support for UBC research is broadly summarized in the following tables.
|
Faculty |
Total Value |
Project Count |
|
Applied Science |
$83,348,768 | 1,131 |
|
Arts |
$34,934,221 | 909 |
|
Dentistry |
$3,446,106 | 44 |
|
Education |
$8,236,834 | 244 |
|
Forestry |
$16,564,651 | 328 |
|
Land and Food Systems |
$10,994,737 | 231 |
|
Medicine |
$395,687,941 | 4,190 |
|
Peter A. Allard School of Law |
$2,257,539 | 77 |
|
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
$10,553,661 | 156 |
|
Sauder School of Business |
$5,580,848 | 153 |
|
Science |
$131,672,260 | 1,410 |
|
Other* |
$25,145,460 | 37 |
|
UBC Vancouver Subtotal |
$728,423,026 | 8,910 |
|
UBCO School of Engineering |
$16,456,041 | 501 |
|
UBCO Creative and Critical Studies |
$1,787,637 | 68 |
|
UBCO Education |
$199,611 | 15 |
|
UBCO Health & Social Development |
$9,318,978 | 198 |
|
UBCO Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
$2,901,337 | 154 |
|
UBCO Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science |
$11,597,869 | 302 |
|
UBCO Management |
$1,249,878 | 59 |
|
Other** |
$1,752,128 | 11 |
|
UBC Okanagan Subtotal |
$45,263,479 | 1,308 |
|
UBC Total |
$773,686,505 | 10,218 |
*Other includes UBCV Graduate Studies, President's Office, VP Academic ( Academic and Admin Units), VP Research & Innovation
**Other inlcudes UBCO VP Academic (Academic Units) and Graduate Studies
In 2021/22, $1.4m of Faculty of Medicine research funding went to researchers in the Southern Medical Program at UBC Okanagan. If this funding is re-allocated to the Okanagan total, this results in a 2021/22 total of $46.6m for the Okanagan campus.
|
Tri-Agency |
Total value |
Grant Count |
% of subtotal value |
|
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
$125,979,288 | 1,115 | 50.56% |
|
Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
$91,121,351 | 1,311 | 36.57% |
|
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
$26,437,882 | 589 |
10.61% |
|
New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) |
$5,623,136 | 44 | 2.26% |
|
Subtotal |
$249,161,658 | 3,059 | 100% |
Infrastructure funding supports buildings, facilities and large equipment used for research. The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) typically funds 40% of an approved infrastructure project, which is often matched by the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF). The University is responsible for funding the remaining 20%. Funding from each source for individual projects does not flow evenly in each year.
|
Agency |
Total value |
Grant Count |
% of subtotal value |
|
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) |
$37,187,462 | 233 | 56.23% |
|
BC Knowledge Development Fund |
$26,849,202 | 66 | 40.60% |
| CFI Matching | $2,102,439* | 47* | 3.18% |
| Subtotal | $66,139,104 | 346 | 100% |
* due to internal deadlines, the reporting of a significant number of CFI matching awards is deferred to FY23
|
Sector |
Total value |
Project Count |
% of total value |
| Government (Tri-Agencies) | $249,161,658 | 3,059 | 32.20% |
| Government (Other agencies) | $233,863,397 | 2,310 | 30.23% |
| Non-profit | $210,381,924 | 3,413 | 27.19% |
| Industry | $80,279,526 | 1,436 | 10.38% |
| Total | $773,686,505 | 10,218 | 100% |
|
Award Type |
Total value |
Project Count |
% of total value |
| Grant | $531,122,884 | 6,330 | 68.65% |
| Contract | $146,037,763 | 1,426 | 18.88% |
| Clinical Trial | $52,543,016 | 930 | 6.79% |
| Internal Funding | $43,982,842 | 1,532 | 5.68% |
| Total | $773,686,505 | 10,218 | 100% |
| Institute | Total value | Project Count | % of total value |
| UBC | $431,466,769 | 6,587 | 55.77% |
| Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | $109,597,708 | 1,223 | 14.17% |
| BC Cancer | $89,375,935 | 704 | 11.55% |
| BC Children's Hospital (includes Research Institute) |
$66,822,100 | 951 | 8.64% |
| Providence Health Care Research Institute | $59,061,100 | 551 | 7.63% |
| BC Centre for Disease Control | $5,997,577 | 71 | 0.78% |
| BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute | $1,249,922 | 26 | 0.16% |
| Interior Health | $900,700 | 3 | 0.12% |
| BC Women’s Hospital (includes Research Institute) |
$9,214,692 | 102 | 1.19% |
| Total | $773,686,505 | 10,218 | 100% |
| Category | Total value | Project Count | % of subtotal value |
| Foreign Companies | $12,445,198 | 127 | 13.87% |
| Foreign Foundations & Nonprofit | $5,040,260 | 53 | 5.62% |
| Foreign Government | $2,688,395 | 45 | 3.00% |
| Foreign Granting Agencies | $1,037,770 | 29 | 1.16% |
| US Companies | $20,514,772 | 357 | 22.87% |
| US Foundations & Nonprofit | $21,799,382 | 241 | 24.30% |
| US Government | $12,688,775 | 57 | 14.14% |
| US Granting Agencies | $13,364,091 | 101 | 14.90% |
| US Industrial Associations | $130,515 | 4 | 0.15% |
| Subtotal | $89,709,158 | 1,014 | 100% |