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The Government of Canada's Research Support Fund (RSF), formerly called the Indirect Costs Program (ICP), provides Canadian universities and colleges with an annual grant to help pay for a portion of their hidden or indirect costs of research – administrative expenditures that support research but are not chargeable to specific research projects.
The RSF is separate from the research funding available from the federal government in the areas of health sciences, engineering, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities through its three granting agencies, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Research funded through the granting agencies is generally directly related to the research projects (e.g., equipment, research assistant salaries, research-related travel, etc.).
The RSF assists Canadian postsecondary institutions and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes with the expenses associated with managing the research funded by the three federal research granting agencies. Indirect costs include the costs of maintaining labs and equipment, library resources, regulatory requirements, and other costs affiliated with research administration. The RSF ensures that federally funded research projects are conducted in world-class facilities with the best equipment and administrative support available.
Institutions receive an annual grant through the RSF to help pay for a portion of the central and departmental administrative costs related to federally funded research. RSF funds may be used to cover new expenditures, to maintain the current level of services, or to support an institution's research environment and improve its management. The five expenditure areas are:
Examples of costs supported by the program are:
As part of Laurier’s commitment to transparency and clear communication, we report on the spending of RSF funds and share our institutional performance objectives.
For more information on policies and procedures related to the Research Support Fund, see Laurier's Policy 11.12: Indirect Costs of Research Policy.
Note: Martin Luther University College is affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University. This affiliation establishes principles and objectives regarding the administration, regulation and accountability of research carried out by individuals with university appointments and others associated with the university, including students.
The Incremental Project Grant (IPG) is a stream of the Research Support Fund (RSF) that provides eligible institutions with further support for the indirect costs of research.
The IPG provides additional support for projects in priority areas that cut across the RSF’s five existing categories of eligible expenses.
Institutions have flexibility in deciding how to use their grant, provided that the funds are used for the payment of current expenditures of indirect costs attributed to federally sponsored research that falls within the following five categories:
The expenditures for the IPG program must always adhere to the general principles of the Research Support Fund (RSF) program.
The five IPG priority areas are:
As part of Laurier’s commitment to transparency and clear communication, we report on the spending of IPG funds and share our institutional performance objectives.
In 2024/25, Laurier received an allocation of $21,135
In 2024/25, Laurier proposes allocating its IPG across the priority areas as follows:
Equity Diversity and Faculty Renewal
In 2023/24, Laurier received an allocation of $11,816.
In 2023/24, Laurier proposes allocating its IPG across the priority areas as follows:
Equity Diversity and Faculty Renewal
In 2022/23, Laurier received an allocation of $17,302.
In 2022/23, Laurier proposes allocating its IPG across the priority areas as follows:
Equity Diversity and Faculty Renewal
Research Security is categorized as a fifth priority area of the Incremental Project Grants (IPGs), introduced in 2022. Research Security funding will help to build capacity within postsecondary institutions to identify, assess and mitigate the potential risks to research security.
As part of Laurier’s commitment to transparency and clear communication, we report on the spending of IPG funds and share our institutional performance objectives.
In 2024/25, Laurier received an allocation of $72,563
Research Security
Senior Solutions Consultant to support research Security
In 2023/24, Laurier received an allocation of $70,970.
Research security
Senior solutions consultant to support research security
In 2022/23, Laurier received an allocation of $76,611.
Research security
Senior solutions consultant to support research security
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