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SECTION III: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Financial Highlights
| Condensed Statement of Financial Position At end of fiscal year (March 31, 2010) |
% Change | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | -29.1 | 7,438 | 5,276 |
| Total Liabilities | -12.9 | 8,356 | 7,278 |
| Total Equity | 118.1 | (918) | (2,002) |
| Total Liabilities and Equity | -29.1 | 7,438 | 5,276 |
| Condensed Statement of Financial Operations At end of fiscal year (March 31, 2010) |
% Change | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Expenses | 1.1 | 680,950 | 688,109 |
| Total Revenues | -50.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Net Cost of Operations | 1.1 | 680,948 | 688,108 |
As illustrated below, SSHRC allocates 96 per cent of its available budget directly to researchers across Canada to support university- and college-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences. Through its programs and policies, SSHRC enables the highest levels of research excellence
in Canada and facilitates knowledge-sharing and collaboration across research disciplines, postsecondary institutions, and all sectors of society. SSHRC is also involved in partnership programs and initiatives with other federal departments and agencies to support research addressing issues
of importance to Canadians.
Over a five-year period, while budget funding, number of grants administered, and operating budget including staff has increased, the cost-efficiency of SSHRC has remained generally constant. For every $1,000 of operating expenditures, $27,000 of grant and fellowship funding was delivered in 2009-10, compared to $25,000 in 2005-06 (an increase of eight per cent).
SSHRC incurred the majority (49 per cent) of its expenses to fund indirect costs of research on behalf of the three federal research granting agencies. A large portion of its grants and awards expenses was incurred to fund the strategic outcomes People (26 per cent) and Research (20 per cent), and about five per cent of funding supported Knowledge Mobilization.
A large portion of SSHRC grants and awards investments (29 per cent) is in research areas that fall under S&T priorities. SSHRC’s investment in S&T research areas has increased by $24 million, from 23 per cent to 29 per cent, since 2008-09. Social development research comprises the second-largest portion (19 per cent).
Financial Statements
SSHRC’s audited financial statements are available in SSHRC’s Annual Report 2009-10.
List of Supplementary Information Tables
The following tables can be found on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s website at http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp:
- Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue
- Details on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Transfer Payment Programs
- Internal Audits and Evaluations
Other Items of Interest
- Collaboration between Federal Research Funding Organizations
- SSHRC’s Result’s-Based Action Plan for Implementation of Section 41 of the Official Language Act 2009-12
- SSHRC annual reports
1 Beginning in the 2009-10 estimates cycle, the resources for Program Activity 5.1: Internal Service are displayed separately and are no longer distributed among the remaining program activities, as was the case in previous Main Estimates. This has affected the comparability of spending and full-time-equivalent (FTE) information by program activity between fiscal years.