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In 2018/19, 51³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÍø received $2,362,125 from the Research Support Fund. The grant was allocated as follows:

• Research Facilities: $417,030
• Research Resources: $336,264
• Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation: $103,145
• Management and Administration: $1,470,522
• Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization: $35,164

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.
• Output: 66,367 square feet of research space maintained and operational across all 51³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÍø.

Research Resources

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support related to dissemination of faculty research through our .
• Indicator: The number of downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
• Output: Support 333,227 downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository, a 6% increase over 2017/18 and a 28% increase since 2016/17.

Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain annual reporting compliance as mandated by the Tri-Council policy statement.
• Indicator: All active protocols submit the required annual report.
• Output: Remained compliant with Tri-Council policies for Research Ethics Board.

Management and Administration of an Institution’s Research Enterprise

• Institutional Performance Objective: Continue to support Tri-Council grant applications and process Tri-Council awards.
• Indicator: The number and quality of Tri-Council grant applications being submitted by 51³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÍø faculty and the number of successful awards.
• Output: Supported the submission grants totalling over $45 million, including 146 Tri-Council grants. The number of grant applications submitted to the Tri-Councils increased 8% over 2017/18 and 27% over 2016/17. 51³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÍø is continuing to see high success rates with an NSERC Discovery grant success rate of 86% and a SSHRC Insight Grant success rate of 69%.

Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support for industry-led projects.
• Indicator: The number of new industry-led projects initiated.
• Output: Industry-led project funding increased by 112% over 2017/2018 and by 129% since 2016/17.