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Mount Allison, UPEI and Saint Mary's Tops in Research Income Growth
Toronto - October 29, 2002 - Ten institutions from the Atlantic provinces made Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List 2002. The list, published by Research Infosource Inc., ranks Canada's leading universities by sponsored research income from both government and non-government sources. In fiscal 2001 the Top 50 reported $3.4 billion of income. Dalhousie University, in 16th place, is the highest ranked Atlantic institution. Memorial University of Newfoundland is 21st, University of New Brunswick is 25th, St. Francis Xavier University is 37th, University College of Cape Breton is 39th, University of Prince Edward Island is 40th, Université de Moncton is 44th, Nova Scotia Agricultural College is 47th, Saint Mary's University is 48th and Mount Allison University is 49th.
Mount Allison University tops the list of the Top 10 universities ranked by sponsored research income growth from 2000-2001 with an increase of 188.2%. The University of Prince Edward Island is 2nd with an increase of 128.4%, Saint Mary's University holds 7th spot with a 54.8% jump, and the University College of Cape Breton climbed by 47.1%. The news is not all rosy. The Atlantic provinces are also represented on the list of the bottom 10 institutions ranked by research income growth: Université de Moncton (-36.5%), University of New Brunswick (-9.2%), Dalhousie (-8,7%), and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (-2.4%).
Tracking research intensity (dollars per full-time faculty) for fiscal 2001, Alberta institutions, up 16% over 2000, lead the pack with an average of $135,600. Québec is up 19.1% to $128,500. Saskatchewan jumped a large 43.1% to $85,500, while B.C. universities showed an increase of 14.7% reporting $83,400. Manitoba climbed 32% with $78,500, Nova Scotia universities showed a drop of 6.9% to $50,300. New Brunswick also reported a decline in research intensity, down 13.1% to $24,900. Overall research intensity at Canada's leading institutions grew from $85,500 in 2000 to $103,200 in 2001, an increase of 20.7%.
"The strong performances of the smaller institutions in Atlantic Canada could not offset the declines at the larger universities", says Ron Freedman, CEO Research Infosource Inc.
Looking at the regional picture, the larger provinces reported the lion's share of the $3.4 billion in sponsored research income brought in by Canada's leading universities in fiscal 2001. Ontario's 17 universities accounted for $1.4 billion of Top 50 research funding. Québec's 12 institutions took $980.4 million, Alberta's three universities accounted for $417.9 million and B.C.'s four universities took $264.9 million. Saskatchewan's two universities brought in $114.6 million while Manitoba's two institutions reported $103.8 million. Nova Scotia's five universities took in $87.4 million, and New Brunswick's three institutions accounted for $28.6 million. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island with one institution each reported $34.3 million and $5.2 million respectively.
The complete Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List 2002 is available on the Research Infosource website, www.researchinfosource.com. The data are drawn from Statistics Canada and Research Infosource's own Canadian University R&D Database. An in-depth Report profiling 65 institutions is slated for publication in November 2002.
Research Infosource Inc., a division of The Impact Group, is Canada's source of R&D intelligence. Drawing from an extensive database, Research Infosource Inc. publishes Canada's Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders List and Report, Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List and Report, and other specialized reports.
Information: Ron Freedman, CEO, Research Infosource Inc. (416) 481-7070 ext. 31
Janet Sandor, Director of Communications (416) 481-7070 ext. 25