2019/20 Research Support Fund Reporting

July 29, 2020

In 2019/20, Laurier received $2,478,286 from the Research Support Fund. The grant was allocated as follows:

• Research Facilities: $547,625
• Research Resources: $254,453
• Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation: $69,430
• Management and Administration: $1,528,501
• Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization: $78,167

Research Facilities

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain quality research space for faculty and student research.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: Faculty and student research spaces are operational throughout the year.
• Reported Outcome: 66,367 square feet of research space maintained and operational across all Laurier buildings.
  • Research Support Fund information on research facilities

Research Resources

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support related to dissemination of faculty research through our institutional repository.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: The number of downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
• Reported Outcome: Support 406,329 downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository, a 22% increase over 18/19, a 29% increase over 2017/18 and a 56% increase since 2016/17.
  • Research Support Fund information on research resources

Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain annual reporting compliance as mandated by the Tri-Council policy statement.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: All active protocols submit the required annual report.
• Reported Outcome: Remained compliant with Tri-Council policies for Research Ethics Board.
  • Research Support Fund information on regulatory requirements and accreditation

Management and Administration of an Institution’s Research Enterprise

• Institutional Performance Objective: Continue to support Tri-Council grant applications and process Tri-Council awards.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: The number and quality of Tri-Council grant applications being submitted by Laurier faculty and the number of successful awards.
• Reported Outcome: Supported the submission of grants totalling over $23 million, including 149 Tri-Council grants.  Laurier is continuing to see high success rates with an NSERC Discovery Grant success rate of 77% and success rates for the SSHRC Insight Development Grants, Insight Grants, Connection Grants and Partnership Engage Grants above national average.
  • Research Support Fund information on management and administration of an institution’s research enterprise

Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support for industry-led projects.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: The number of new industry-led projects initiated.
• Reported Outcome: Industry-led project funding increased by 5% over 2018/19, 123% over 2017/2018 and by 151% since 2016/17.
  • Research Support Fund information on intellectual property and knowledge mobilization