In 2023/24, UBC received a total of $892,799,362.79 in research funding from all sources, supporting a total of 9,992 projects.
Support for UBC research is broadly summarized in the following tables.
Funding by Faculty
Faculty | Total Value | Project Count |
| Applied Science | $91,532,322 | 1,065 |
| Arts | $29,318,832 | 873 |
| Dentistry | $2,925,145 | 43 |
| Education | $10,227,779 | 282 |
| Forestry | $14,375,226 | 289 |
| Land and Food Systems | $15,132,743 | 200 |
| Medicine | $477,897,265 | 4,254 |
| Peter A. Allard School of Law | $3,743,455 | 147 |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | $13,730,969 | 190 |
| Sauder School of Business | $3,229,934 | 121 |
| Science | $161,599,687 | 1,409 |
| Other* | $24,227,182 | 42 |
| UBC Vancouver Subtotal | $847,940,538 | 8,915 |
| UBCO School of Engineering | $16,843,544 | 317 |
| UBCO Creative and Critical Studies | $1,285,133 | 78 |
| UBCO Education | $649,128 | 22 |
| UBCO Health & Social Development | $8,245,274 | 162 |
| UBCO Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | $3,504,629 | 169 |
| UBCO Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science | $9,952,126 | 272 |
| UBCO Management | $865,180 | 46 |
| Other** | $3,513,811 | 11 |
| UBC Okanagan Subtotal | $44,858,824 | 1,077 |
| UBC Total | $892,799,363 | 9,992 |
*Other includes UBCV: President's Office, VP Academic and Provost, VP Academic (Admin Units) Office of UBC Health, VP Research and Innovation
**Other includes UBCO VP Academic (Academic Units) and Graduate Studies
Note: In 2023/24, $1.1m 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 2023/24 total of $45.9 million for the Okanagan campus.
Funding by Federal Funding Agency
Canada's Tri-Agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) provide grants to support the direct costs of research. Grants are awarded through peer-reviewed competitions.
Tri-Agency | Total value | Grant Count | % of Subtotal Value |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | $126,113,330 | 1,230 | 47.10% |
| Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | $107,255,763 | 1,289 | 40.06% |
| Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) | $21,744,485 | 559 | 8.12% |
| New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) | $12,629,485 | 65 | 4.72% |
| Subtotal | $267,743,062 | 3,143 | 100% |
Infrastructure Funding by Agency (CFI/BCKDF)
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) | $65,403,834 | 248 | 50.80% |
| BC Knowledge Development Fund | $53,330,666 | 69 | 41.42% |
| CFI Matching | $10,019,201 | 186 | 7.78% |
| Subtotal | $128,753,701 | 503 | 100% |
Funding by Economic Sector
Sector | Total Value | Project Count | % of total value |
| Government (Tri-Agencies) | $267,743,062 | 3,143 | 29.99% |
| Government (Other agencies) | $291,992,192 | 1,722 | 32.71% |
| Non-profit | $260,833,735 | 4,032 | 29.22% |
| Industry | $72,230,373 | 1,095 | 8.09% |
| Total | $892,799,363 | 9,992 | 100% |
Funding by Award Type
Award Type | Total Value | Project Count | % of Total Value |
| Grant | $635,092,026 | 5,836 | 71.13% |
| Contract | $135,148,989 | 1,337 | 15.14% |
| Clinical Trial | $68,040,213 | 937 | 7.62% |
| Internal Funding | $54,518,135 | 1,882 | 6.11% |
| Total | $892,799,363 | 9,992 | 100% |
Funding by Site/UBC-affiliated Institute
Institute | Total Value | Project Count | % of Total Value |
| UBC | $493,868,167 | 6,328 | 55.32% |
| Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | $121,812,780 | 1,223 | 13.64% |
| BC Cancer | $112,282,839 | 743 | 12.58% |
| BC Children's Hospital (includes Research Institute) | $76,627,371 | 964 | 8.58% |
| Providence Health Care Research Institute | $59,283,187 | 511 | 6.64% |
| BC Centre for Disease Control | $17,473,044 | 107 | 1.96% |
| BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute | $907,037 | 27 | 0.10% |
| Interior Health | $56,337 | 1 | 0.01% |
| BC Women’s Hospital (includes Research Institute) | $10,488,599 | 88 | 1.17% |
| Total | $892,799,363 | 9,992 | 100% |
Funding by International Research Funding Source
A total of 10.04% of UBC research funding in 2023/24 came from sources outside of Canada.
All figures are stated in CAD.
Category | Total Value | Project Count | % of Subtotal Value |
| Foreign Companies | $5,835,554 | 116 | 6.51% |
| Foreign Foundations & Nonprofit | $5,760,206 | 64 | 6.43% |
| Foreign Government | $2,241,128 | 30 | 2.50% |
| Foreign Granting Agencies | $1,010,005 | 23 | 1.13% |
| US Companies | $28,268,997 | 350 | 31.54% |
| US Foundations & Nonprofit | $21,909,739 | 224 | 24.44% |
| US Government | $9,056,172 | 76 | 10.10% |
| US Granting Agencies | $15,503,263 | 128 | 17.30% |
| US Industrial Associations | $45,660 | 1 | 0.05% |
| Subtotal | $89,630,725 | 1,012 | 100% |