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.
|
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 inlcudes UBCO VP Academic (Academic Units) and Graduate Studies
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.
|
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 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% |
|
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% |
|
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% |
| 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% |
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% |