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C A N A D A F O U N D A T I O N F O R I N N O V A T I O N
REPORT ON RESULTS2019
An annual summar y of project outputs and outcomes
C a n a d a F o u n d a t i o n f o r I n n o v a t i o n | i i
What is the Canada Foundation for Innovation? The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) makes financial contributions to Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research organizations to increase their capability to carry out high-quality research.
Research supported by the CFI is helping build communities across Canada. That’s because the CFI gives researchers the tools they need to think big and innovate. And a robust innovation system translates into jobs and new enterprises, better health, cleaner environments and, ultimately, vibrant communities. By investing in state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, the CFI also helps to attract and retain the world’s top talent, to train the next generation of researchers and to support world-class research that strengthens the economy and improves the quality of life for all Canadians.
Since its creation in 1997, the CFI has committed almost $8 billion in support of 10,771 projects at 154 research institutions in 75 municipalities across Canada (as of March 31, 2019). For more information about the CFI, please visit Innovation.ca.
C a n a d a F o u n d a t i o n f o r I n n o v a t i o n | i i i
THE REPORT ON RESULTS
The purpose of the report on results is to provide a summary
of the outputs and outcomes achieved through CFI-funded
infrastructure as they relate to the overall objectives of the CFI,
based on information provided through annual project progress
reports (PPR). The PPR is an online questionnaire which is completed
by the researcher leading a CFI-funded project and submitted by
the host institution after the infrastructure becomes operational.
Institutions are required to submit a PPR for each funded project by
June 30 each year, for four or five years depending on the award
value. The data collected pertains only to the CFI’s past fiscal year
(April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019). Data is self-reported, and not
independently verified.
For information on the composition of the 2019 PPR sample,
see the Appendix.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 ATTRACTING AND RETAINING WORLD-CLASS RESEARCHERS1 Researcher attraction2 Researcher retention
3 DEVELOPING HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL3 Trainees using infrastructure4 Quality of training environment5 Highlyqualifiedpersonnelemployment
6 CAPACITY FOR WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH 6 Operationandmaintenance7 Infrastructurequalityandusefullife8 Infrastructure use9 Sharing research results
10 PRODUCTIVE NETWORKS AND COLLABORATION 10 Productivecollaborations11 Research agreements
12 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION12 From research to innovation13 Newjobs
14 BENEFITS TO CANADIANS14 Arangeofbenefits15 Users of research outcomes
16 CHALLENGES 16 Most common factors limiting research
17 APPENDIX17 Compositionofthe2019projectprogressreportsample
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Researcher attractionAmong the 207 newly recruited researchers leading CFI-funded projects, 98% indicated that CFI-funded infrastructure positively influenced their decision to join their institution. A little over 50% of new recruits (of Canadian or non-Canadian citizenship) were in foreign countries at the time of their hiring, suggesting that CFI-funded infrastructure contributed to attracting international talent and internationally trained Canadian talent. New recruits that were already in Canada (47%) came from all sectors but were predominantly from academia.
Canada98 (47%)
University/college/
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Other public6 (6%)
Private6 (6%)
Foreign countries109 (53%)
Foreign46 (42%)
Canadian63 (58%)
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Researcher retention94% of researchers leading CFI-funded projects indicated that CFI-funded infrastructure was important in their decision to remain at their institution. Infrastructure funding helped retain researchers from all disciplines.
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Engineering20% (296)
Environment 7% (110)
Health50% (721)
Science17% (243)
Social sciences& humanities
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Trainees using infrastructure96% of researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported that CFI-funded infrastructure was a key resource for the next generation of researchers.
30,041 postdoctoral fellows and higher education students had the opportunity to expand their research skills using CFI-funded infrastructure. Of those, 50% used the infrastructure for the first time in 2019.
2,167
100 first-time users
100 repeat users
3,761
3,584
6,062
3,513
3,354
5,780
1,820
Postdoctoral fellows
Doctoral students
Master’s students
Undergraduate students
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Quality of training environment92% of researchers leading CFI-funded projects credited their CFI-funded infrastructure with having a high or very high impact on the quality of the training environment. The data is relatively consistent across all areas of application except social sciences and humanities where ratings are lower.
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Highly qualified personnel employmentA total of 2,040 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students using the infrastructure last year completed their training and moved into the workforce. Among them, 82% (1,674) secured employment in Canada, the majority (61%) of whom joined the private sector.
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403 (24%)
244 (15%)
Sector of employment in Canada
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Operation and maintenance87% of researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported that they had both adequate financial and human resources for the operation and maintenance of their CFI-funded infrastructure.
Diverse funding sources, including research contracts and user fees, contribute to the sustainability of the infrastructure.
CFI (Infrastructure
OperatingFund)
Institutionalfunds
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Municipalgov’t
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Revenues
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Infrastructure quality and useful life The quality of CFI-funded infrastructure was highly rated overall, with 87% of highly specialized research equipment reported as state-of-the-art.
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Infrastructure use85% of researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported that their CFI-funded infrastructure was used to maximum capacity. Overall, 21,224 researchers (excluding students, postdoctoral fellows and technical and professional personnel) advanced their research using CFI-funded infrastructure.
The majority of international infrastructure users were from the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and China.
Provincial1,546 users
Local3,344 users
International4,364 users
National3,940 users
TOTAL 21,224 users
INSIDE INSTITUTION8,030 users
OUTSIDE INSTITUTION13,194 users
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Sharing research resultsConference, symposium and workshop presentations are the most frequent type of research output reported, closely followed by peer-reviewed publications.
Reporting year 5 (7 projects)50%
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Reporting year 3 (378 projects)50%
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Reporting year 4 (419 projects)
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Productive collaborationsResearchers have made use of CFI-funded infrastructure to enable external research collaborations that resulted in traditional academic activities and outputs. The most common is conference presentations with 6,036 reported by 718 researchers leading CFI-funded projects.
Among researchers leading CFI-funded projects that indicated external collaborations, 22% reported engaging in all four types, suggesting CFI-funded infrastructure enables broad and varied collaboration.
5,194(849)
Peer-reviewedpublications
6,036 collaborations(718 projects)
Conference presentations
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Funded grants or awards
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Research agreementsCFI-funded infrastructure facilitated new formal collaborative research agreements in 33% of projects, for a total of 2,016 agreements.
The private sector was the most often identified sector for both consultancies and research contracts while the academic sector was most frequently reported for collaborative research.
132 consultancies(7%)
1,172 collaborativeresearch agreements
(58%)
712 research contracts
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From research to innovationCFI-funded infrastructure has contributed to the development of new intellectual property and the creation of new companies.
167 researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported at least one of the six types of research outcomes below.
241provisional
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134patentsgranted
43spin-off
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1copyright
2industrialdesigns
42projects
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New jobs29% of researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported one or more jobs created due to CFI-funded infrastructure.
Just under two-thirds of all jobs created were within the host institutions. 72% of the 561 jobs created outside the institution were in the private sector.
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A range of benefitsAlmost half (49%) of all researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported at least one type of benefit, highlighting the role of CFI-funded infrastructure in enabling research that produces outcomes for Canadians.
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Type of benefits
Among the benefits outlined:
Wireless power system for autonomous fast charging of electric cars, buses, trams and trains.
Phone app that mimics the hippocampus to aid memory gaps in people at risk for Alzheimer’s.
Increased safety for recreationists at a BC ski resort through the provision of high mountain weather conditions.
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Users of research outcomesOverall, the most frequently reported user group benefiting from the research results was the private sector, followed by public and semi-public organizations and institutions. Research users varied by area of application of the research; for example engineering projects tended to benefit the private sector most while research on the environment tended to benefit the federal, provincial and/or municipal governments.
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Professional or industrial assoc. & practitionersGeneral publicCharitable or non-profit org. & community group
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Most common factors limiting researchTwo-thirds of the researchers leading CFI-funded projects reported one or more factors limiting the quality and impact of the research enabled by the infrastructure. The most common factor reported was funding support for the direct costs of research.
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Recruitment/retention of
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Acquiringequipment
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Funding/support for
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Administrationof CFI
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1 or more challenges faced1,061 projects
No challenges faced
553 projects
Factor limiting research
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*InnovationFundtype:Innovation Fund 2015/2017, Leading Edge Fund 2012 and New Initiatives Fund 2009/2012.
JohnR.EvansLeadersFund(JELF)type:Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF)–$1M to $2M, LOF–CRC, LOF–NSERC,
LOF–SSHRC, JELF–Funding for research infrastructure, JELF–CRC, JELF–CERC, JELF–NSERC and JELF–SSHRC.
Otherfunds: Research Hospital Fund–Large Scale Institutional Endeavors 2006, 2013 Digging into Data Challenge,
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative–Challenge 1 and Exceptional Opportunities Fund 2015.
APPENDIX
Composition of the 2019 project progress report sample
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Projects by $ awarded
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JELF93%
<200k67%
200k–1M
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10M–20M0.1%
4M–10M1% 1M–4M
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1,614reports received and included in analysis
48% Health
20% Engineering
17%Science
8%Environment
6%Social sciences & humanities
Projects by Fund
2017
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Projects by area of application
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InnovationFund7%
>20M0.1%