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Attention: Business Editors, Technology Editors, Education Reporters
Toronto - October 25, 2001 - Sponsored research income for the six Nova Scotia universities on Canada's Top 50 Universities List jumped by 67.7% from Fiscal 1999 to 2000 according to Research Infosource Inc. (www.researchinfosource.com). This is well above the average of 24% for the Top 50. Sponsored research income includes government and non-government sources.
The six Nova Scotia institutions on the Top 50 List are: Dalhousie, holding 13th position, up from 16th in 1999; St. Francis Xavier in 38th place jumps 7 spaces from 45th in 1999; University College of Cape Breton is 44th , dropping two places from 42nd; Nova Scotia Agricultural College moves up two places to 45th from 47th; Acadia University comes in at number 47, edging up one spot from 48th; and Saint Mary's University squeezes into the Top 50 by moving to 50th place from 51st in 1999. Together these universities accounted for $92.9 million in sponsored research income in 2000, up from $55.4 million in 1999. The Top 50 total for 2000 was nearly $2.8 billion for Fiscal 2000.
Four of the six are in the top 10 universities ranked by research income growth: St. Francis Xavier was 2nd with a jump of 81.1%, Dalhousie holds 4th place with an increase of 71.3%, Nova Scotia Agricultural College is 8th with a 53.9% increase, and Acadia University rounds out the Top 10 with 50.5%.
"Nova Scotia's dramatic increase in sponsored research income is also reflected in a high research intensity, dollars per full-time faculty, of its universities", says Ron Freedman, CEO of Research Infosource. "Reporting an increase of 62.3% puts Nova Scotia institutions well above the Top 50 average of 23.4%."
While Nova Scotia's universities reported the largest jump in sponsored research income (67.7%), Saskatchewan's two universities also showed an impressive increase of almost 42%.. Six provinces reported a growth rate below the Top 50 average of about 24%: British Columbia (19.6%), Alberta (20.8%), Manitoba (14.4%), Ontario (20.4%), New Brunswick (6.5%) and Newfoundland (21.9%). Québec came in just above the average figure at 28.2%Prince Edward Island was the only province to show a decrease as UPEI's sponsored research income dropped by 24.1% from 1999 to 2000.
With 16 universities, Ontario accounted for 38% (a little over a $1 billion) of the Top 50 sponsored research income in 2000. Quebec, with 13 universities took 30% of the total ($815 million). Alberta's three universities put it in 3rd place with 12%. B.C. is in 4th place with it's four universities accounting for 8%. Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba shared 5th position with 3% each. New Brunswick and Newfoundland both accounted for 1%. PEI, with one university was less than 1% of the total.
The top 10 universities on the Research Infosource List all reported sponsored research income greater than $100 million dollars. Leading the exclusive "$100 Million Club" was the University of Toronto ($372.1 million), followed by the Université de Montréal ($253.1 million), McGill ($234.3 million), University of Alberta ($206.7 million), Université Laval ($168.4 million), UBC ($166.0 million), University of Calgary ($134.5 million) University of Ottawa ($114.6 million), University of Western Ontario ($109.2 million), and McMaster University ($106.9 million). These 10 universities accounted for 68% ($1.87 billion) of Top 50 sponsored research income in Fiscal 2000. Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List is produced in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.
Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List is available free of charge on the Research Infosource website (www.researchinfosource.com). The data are drawn from Statistics Canada and Reseach Infosource's own Canadian University R&D Database. The complete Canada's Top Research Universities Report will be available in November.
Research Infosource Inc., publishers of Canada's Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders List and Report, is a division of The Impact Group, one of Canada's leading consulting firms specializing in science and technology policy, research, communications, marketing and education.
Information: Ron Freedman, CEO, Research Infosource Inc.(416) 481-7070 ext. 31 |
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