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Table of Contents
- 1. Agency Overview
- 1.1 Minister's Message
- 1.2 Management Representation Statement
- 1.3 Program Activity Architecture
- 1.4 Summary Information
- 1.5 Summary of Departmental Performance
- 2. Analysis of Program Activities by Strategic Outcome
- 2.1 Highly Skilled Science and Engineering Professionals in Canada
- 2.1.1 Promote Science and Engineering
- 2.1.2 Support Students and Fellows
- 2.1.3 Attract and Retain Faculty
- 2.2 High Quality Canadian-Based Competitive Research in the NSE
- 2.2.1 Fund Basic Research
- 2.2.2 Fund Research in Strategic Areas
- 2.3 Productive Use of New Knowledge in the NSE
- 2.3.1 Fund University-Industry-Government Partnerships
- 2.3.2 Support Commercialization
- 3. Supplementary Information
- 3.1 Departmental Links to Government of Canada Outcomes
- 3.2 Financial Tables
- Appendix
- A - Audited Financial Statements
List of Figures
- NSERC Program Activity Architecture
- Summary Information for NSERC
- Program Activities by Strategic Outcome
- Federal Funding of Higher Education R&D in the NSE
- Higher Education R&D (HERD) as a Percentage of GDP, 2006 or Most Recent Year
- University R&D Funding in the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 2007
- NSERC's Clients and Partners, 2007-08
- First Degree Awarded in the NSE as a Percentage of Total First Degrees 2004 or Most Recent Year
- Examples of PromoScience Program Impact
- Performance Related to NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
- Performance Related to NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships
- Performance Related to NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF)
- Performance Related to NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowships (IRDF)
- Unemployment Rate (%) for Natural Scientists and Engineers (NSE)
- Average Annual Salaries by Occupation in Canada, 2007
- Number of Workers in Natural Science and Engineering Occupations in Canada (Professional and Technical)
- Average Annual Growth in Occupations in Canada 1988 to 2007
- Canada Research Chair (NSERC) Recruitment from Abroad by Year (% of Chairs)
- Knowledge and Technology Transfer (Partner Survey) - IRC Program
- Number of Foreign Educated New Applicants to NSERC's Discovery Grants Program
- Number of NSERC-Funded Professors Leaving the Country
- Number of Canadian Publications in the NSE and World Share
- Average Relative Citation Factor (ARC) in the NSE, 2006
- Canada's Relative Citation Impact for Select Subfields, 2002-2006
- Per Capita Output of Publications in the NSE, 2006
- Sample of Important Discoveries of 2007-08 Funded by NSERC
- Number of University-Industry and University-Government Publications with NSERC-Funded Professors
- NSERC-Funded Professors' Interaction with Users
- Planning Knowledge Dissemination Activities to Users and Knowledge Dissemination Activities to Private Firms
- How Partners Used Results from an NSERC Strategic Project Grant
- Contributions to NSERC's Collaborative R&D Grants (CRD) Program
- Survey of University Intellectual Property Commercialization
- Number of U.S. Patents Issued to Canadian Universities and NSERC-Funded Start-up Companies
- Percentage of Canadian Institutional U.S. Patents Issued to Canadian Universities and NSERC-Funded Start-Up Companies
- Canadian University Licensing Revenue
- NSERC-Funded Innovations That Were Licensed
- Companies Linked to NSERC-Funded Research, 1954 to 2007
- Market Capitalization of Start-Up Companies
- R&D Spending of Top Start-Up Companies Linked to NSERC
- NSERC-Funded Professors' Knowledge Transfer Activities Over Past 5 Years
- Information Technology Innovations Funded by NSERC
- Energy Technology Innovations Funded by NSERC
- Environment Innovations Funded by NSERC
- Health Innovations Funded by NSERC
List of Tables
- Departmental Links to Government of Canada Outcomes
- Comparison of Planned to Actual Spending (incl. FTEs)
- Voted and Statutory Items
- Transfer Payment Programs
List of Abbreviations
- BDC - Business Development Bank of Canada
- CCI - College and Community Innovation Program
- CFI - Canada Foundation for Innovation
- CGS - Canada Graduate Scholarships
- CIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- CRC - Canada Research Chair
- CRD - Collaborative Research and Development
- DPR - Departmental Performance Report
- HQP - Highly Qualified Personnel
- I2I - Idea to Innovation
- IP - Intellectual Property
- IPM - Intellectual Property Mobilization
- IRDF - Industrial Research and Development Fellowship
- MRS - Major Resources Support
- NCE - Networks of Centres of Excellence
- NRC - National Research Council
- NSE - Natural Sciences and Engineering
- NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- PDF - Postdoctoral Fellowship
- R&D - Research and Development
- SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- USRA - Undergraduate Student Research Awards