2022-23 Research Support Fund Report

Sept. 19, 2023

In 2022/23, Wilfrid Laurier University received $2,998,836 from the Research Support Fund. The grant was allocated as follows:

• Research Facilities: $370,120
• Research Resources: $357,758
• Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation: $73,911
• Management and Administration: $1,962,293
• Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization: $234,755

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.
• Reported Outcome: 66,367 square feet of research space maintained and operational across all of Laurier.
  • Research Support Fund information on research facilities

Research Resources

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support related to dissemination of faculty research through our institutional repository.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: The number of downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
• Reported Outcome: Supported 546,197 downloads of faculty research from the institutional repository.
  • Research Support Fund information on research resources

Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain annual reporting compliance as mandated by the Tri-Council policy statement.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: All active protocols submit the required annual report.
• Reported Outcome: Remained compliant with Tri-Council policies for Research Ethics Board.
  • Research Support Fund information on regulatory requirements and accreditation

Management and Administration of an Institution’s Research Enterprise

• Institutional Performance Objective: Continue to support Tri-Council grant applications and process Tri-Council awards.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: The number and quality of Tri-Council grant applications being submitted by Laurier faculty and the number of successful awards.
• Reported Outcome: Supported the submission of grants totalling over $29 million, including 118 Tri-Council grants. Laurier is continuing to see high success rates of 69% for both SSHRC Insight Development Grants and NSERC Discovery Grants, and success rates above national average for the SSHRC Connection Grants.
  • Research Support Fund information on management and administration of an institution’s research enterprise

Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization

• Institutional Performance Objective: Maintain the level of institutional support for industry-led projects.
• Institutional Performance Indicator: The number of new industry-led projects initiated.
• Reported Outcome: Industry-led project funding secured exceeded $1 million.
  • Research Support Fund information on intellectual property and knowledge mobilization