Research grant funding

Chair allocations are based on the funding received by researchers from the three federal granting agencies – CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC – in the three years prior to the year of the allocation.

For example, 2010-11 allocations are based on the research grant funding received and the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) funds spent in the fiscal years 2006-07, and 2008-2009.

For NCE funds, the calculation is based on dollars spent, not awarded. When calculating the Chairs allocations, funds spent by administrative centres hosted by a university, are attributed to the host university, for eligible categories. Funds spent by non-university administrative centres are not.

Flow-through funds originating from sources other than the three federal granting agencies are not included in the calculations.

Programs excluded in Chair allocation calculations

All programs funded by the granting agencies are included in the calculation except those listed below.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Exclusions:

• Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering
• Canadian Light Source
• Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowships
• Major Resources Support Grants
• Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion
• Postdoctoral Fellowships, Industrial Research Fellowships and Canada International Fellowships
• Postgraduate Scholarships (all types)
• Presidential Fund
• PromoScience
• Regional Opportunities Grants
• Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge
• Undergraduate Student Research Awards

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Exclusions:

• All Training Awards (Summer Student Programs, Studentships, Doctoral Research Awards, Canada Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, Clinician Scientists Awards - Phase 1)
• Café Scientifique
• Canadian Knowledge Synthesis Network
• Canadian Light Source
• Canadian Virtual Health Library
• CHSRF/CIHR Regional Training Centres
• CIHR ICR National Tumour Banking Network Grant
• Ethical, Legal and Social (ELS) Issues in Health and Health Res-Res Network Grant
• Improving Health Care with Knowledge Translation
• Institute of Genetics - Grants for Short Term Research Visits
• Institute Support Grants
• Institutional Development Grants
• International Scientific Exchanges
• Mexico-Canada Joint Health Research Program in Tuberculosis
• National Council on Ethics in Human Research
• Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research's Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program
• Ontario Women's Health Council/CIHR Institute of Gender and Health New Investigator
• President's Fund
• Public Engagement Pilot
• Randomized Controlled Trials: Mentoring
• Research Consortium on Clostridium Difficile
• Youth Outreach Program/Youth Mentorship Initiative

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Exclusions:

• Aid and Attendance Grants to Scholarly Associations
• Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada
• Aid to Scholarly Journals
• Aid to Scholarly Publications
• Canadian Initiative on Social Statistics Data Training Schools
• John G. Diefenbaker Award
• Knowledge Impact in Society
• Postdoctoral Fellowships
• President Fund
• Public Outreach Grants
• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
• Thérèse F.-Casgrain Fellowship

Networks of Centres of Excellence

Exclusions under Administrative Centres:

• Operational Budget
• Communications
• Technology Transfer
• Salaries for Students and Postdoctoral Trainees

Exclusions under Core Facilities:

• Salaries for Students and Postdoctoral Trainees

BUSINESS-LED NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Exclusions:

• Expenditures of administrative centres
• Research-related expenditures in non-eligible institutions

Tri-Agency programs

Exclusions:

• Canada Excellence Research Chairs
• Canada Graduate Scholarships
• Canada Research Chairs
• Centers of Excellence for Commercialization and Research
• Industrial R & D Interships

Note: Multi-institutional grants are divided proportionally among participating institutions based on the number of participating researchers from each institution. The share for a non-eligible institution is redistributed among eligible institutions. Researchers who join a team after the initial award is made are not taken into consideration.

CIHR awards to research institutes and hospitals are attributed to the parent university, if applicable.

For consortia that are eligible for NSERC funding, awards are divided among participating universities according to actual expenditures as per the methodology used for NCEs (Institute of Particle Physics), or attributed equally to each institution as per multi-institutional awards (e.g.TRIUMF, Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM), Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Bamfield Marine Station).

Each year, the secretariat meets with the vice-presidents of programs from the three federal granting agencies to review all new agency programs and assess their eligibility for inclusion in the base for calculations for chair allocations. This body is called the interagency program review committee.