2023-24 Research Support Fund Report

Sept. 30, 2024

In 2023/24, Wilfrid Laurier University received $2,976,474 from the Research Support Fund. The grant was allocated as follows:

• Research Facilities: $547,744
• Research Resources: $334,020
• Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation: $84,523
• Management and Administration: $1,991,601
• Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization: $9,585

Research Facilities

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain quality research space for faculty and student research.
• 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 of Laurier.
  • 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: Supported 671,249 downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
  • 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 $38 million, including 158 Tri-Council grants. Laurier is continuing to see success rates above national average for the SSHRC Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants.
  • 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 secured exceeded $3 million.
  • Research Support Fund information on intellectual property and knowledge mobilization