BY THE NUMBERS EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP: RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP The combination of U of T and the 10 partner hospitals affiliated with the university creates one of the world’s largest and most innovative health research forces. More than 1,900 researchers and over 4,000 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows pursue the next vital steps in every area of health research imaginable. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Sunnybrook Health St. Michaelʼs Sciences Centre Hospital Womenʼs College Bloorview Kids Hospital Rehab A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP Baycrest Mount Sinai Hospital The Hospital University Health for Sick Children Network* Centre for Toronto Addiction and Rehabilitation Mental Health Institute *Composed of Toronto General, Toronto Western and Princess Margaret Hospitals 1 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY EXCELLENCE U of T researchers consistently win more prestigious awards than any other Canadian university. See the end of this booklet for a detailed list of awards and honours received by our faculty in the last three years. Faculty Honours (1980-2009) University of Toronto compared to awards held at other Canadian universities International American Academy of Arts & Sciences* Gairdner International Award Guggenheim Fellows National Academies** Royal Society Fellows Sloan Research Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science* ISI Highly-Cited Researchers*** 0 20 40 60 801 00 Percentage National Steacie Prize Molson Prize Federal Granting Councilsʼ Highest Awards**** Killam Prize Steacie Fellows Royal Society of Canada Fellows Killam Fellows 0 20 40 60 801 00 Percentage * Current Foreign Honorary Members only ** The National Academies consists of: Members or Foreign Asssociate Members of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences *** As of August 2009 **** Federal Granting Councils’ Highest Awards: NSERC: Gerhard Hertzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering; CIHR: Michael Smith Prize in Health Research; SSHRC: Gold Medal for Achievement in Research The following honours consist of data up to 2008 only: Federal Granting Councils, National Academies and Steacie Prize BY THE NUMBERS 2 RERESEARCH FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDINGDINNG U of T’s research funding has been increasing steadily over the past decade. U of T consistently leads all other Canadian universities in investment from federal granting agencies. Research Funds Awarded (1998-99 to 2007-08) U of T including partner hospitals Federal Granting Council Funding to G13 Universities (2008-09) 1000 U TORONTO 800 UBC McGill U U Montréal 600 U Alberta U Laval $ Million 400 McMaster U U Ottawa 200 U Calgary U Western Ont. SSHRC U Waterloo 0 NSERC Queenʼs U 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Dalhousie U CIHR All Sources Federal Granting Councils 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 $ Millions Federal Granting Councils includes funding for Canada Research Chairs (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR) Data Sources: Federal Granting Councils Excludes Networks of Centres of Excellence, Canada Research Chairs, Indirect Costs Research funding at U of T comes from a variety of sources, in particular and funding for the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation the federal and provincial governments. Affiliates and partner hospitals counted with each university Research Funds Awarded by Sector (2007-08) Canada Research Chairs at G13 Universities (2008-09) Total: $850M Federal Granting Councils U TORONTO 35% UBC Inter-Institutional Collaboration McGill U 8% U Montréal U Alberta U Laval U Calgary Not-For-Profit Other Federal U Ottawa 15% 16% McMaster U U Western Ont. U Waterloo International Queenʼs U 3% Government of Ontario Dalhousie U 13% Corporations 0 50 100 150 200 250 Other Government Number of Chairs allocated 9% 1% Notes: For U of T and partner hospitals Data Source: CRC website, updated January 2009 Includes overhead and indirect costs Affiliates and partner hospitals counted with each university 3 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BY THE NUMBERS 4 FEFEDERAL FUNDING PROVINCIAL FUNDINGDINNG U of T consistently leads all other Canadian universities in U of T leads all Ontario universities in funding from investment from federal granting agencies. the Ministry of Research and Innovation. Canada Foundation for Innovation Funding Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Funding to G13 Universities Top 10 universities U TORONTO U TORONTO UBC McGill U U Western Ont. U Montréal Queen's U U Alberta McMaster U McMaster U U Laval U Waterloo U Western Ont. U Ottawa U Ottawa U Calgary U Guelph U Waterloo York U Queenʼs U Dalhousie U Carleton U 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Laurentian U $ Millions 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 $ Millions Limited to main competitive programs (funding since inception) Limited to universities (includes partner hospitals and affiliates) Data Sources: Research Infrastructure Award – up to November 27, 2008 Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Award – Rounds 1 to 3 (MRI web site September 10, 2009) Early Researcher Award estimated to be $140,000 per award; Rounds 1 to 5 (MRI web site September 3, 2009) Post-Doctoral Fellowship Allocations – Rounds 1 to 3, valued at $50,000 each (MRI, September 4, 2009) Data Source: CFI website, June 18, 2009 (funding since inception) Ontario Research Chair – Round 1 (MRI web site November 23, 2008) Affiliates and partner hospitals counted with each university Premier’s Discovery Award Round 1, 2 & 3 (MRI web site September 3, 2009) Premier’s Summit Award Round 1, 2 & 3 (MRI web site September 3, 2009) 5 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BY THE NUMBERS 6 ININDUSTRIN Y FUNDING INNOVATIONS U of T is among Canada’s leaders in U of T is among North America’s leaders industry-sponsored research. in new invention disclosures. Industry Funding to G13 Universities (2007-08) Invention Disclosures (2005-07) U.S. & Canadian universities U TORONTO Caltech U Montréal U Wisconsin (Madison) U Alberta Georgia Inst Tech Queenʼs U MIT UBC U Illinois (Urbana & Chicago) U Laval U TORONTO U Calgary Stanford U Western Ont. U Pennsylvania Dalhousie U U Washington U Ottawa U Michigan McGill U U Florida U Waterloo SUNY 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Purdue $ Millions Johns Hopkins Cornell U Minnesota U Colorado Harvard Indiana U U Guelph 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 Number of new disclosures Data Source: CAUBO 2007-08 Data Source: AUTM Survey FY 2007, 2006 and 2005 Toronto data corrected for one-year lag in reporting from partner hospitals Note: University of Toronto includes the following affiliated hospitals: Bloorview McMaster not shown due to comparability issues Kids Rehab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University Health Network University of California, only available as a system aggregate, is not shown 7 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BY THE NUMBERS 8 INNOVININ ATIONS IMPACT U of T is among North America’s leaders in U of T is one of the leading institutions in North America creating spin-off companies. for publications and citations. Rankings on Publications and Citations (2004-08) G13 (Canada) AAU† Public AAU† All New Spin-off Companies (2005-07) Publications Citations Publications Citations Publications Citations U.S. & Canadian universities All Fields* 1 1 1 3 2 6 All Sciences* 1 1 1 3 2 6 Health & Life Sciences* 1 1 1 1 2 3 Paediatrics 1 1 1 1 2 2 MIT Paediatrics & Pharmacy 1 1 1 1 2 2 U Utah Oncology 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 U Florida Genetics & Heredity Engineering & Materials Science** 1 1 6 8 7 12 U Colorado Environmental Engineering 1 1 2 1 2 1 Purdue Biomedical Engineering 1 1 1 2 2 5 SUNY Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical 1 1 3 4 7 8 1 1 3 4 8 10 Georgia Inst Tech Optics Physical Chemistry 1 1 4 8 6 11 Carnegie Mellon U Social Sciences** 1 1 3 5 4 8 U Washington Behavioural Sciences 1 1 1 2 2 5 U Illinois (Urbana & Chicago) Criminology & Penology 1 1 2 4 2 4 U Michigan Caltech Data Source: Northwestern U Thomson Reuters, University Science Indicators (U.S. and Canada), Deluxe Edition, 2008, unless otherwise indicated by *(Standard and Deluxe Editions, U of T groupings) or **(Standard Edition) U Pittsburgh † Association of American Universities supplemented with the Canadian G13 institutions and the University of California at U TORONTO San Francisco. Data not available for Texas A&M College Station U New Mexico U Kentucky U Wisconsin (Madison) U Maryland (College Park) Harvard World University Rankings 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 In the 2009 Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, U of T was Number of companies ranked by academic peers globally as one of the leading institutions in all fi elds: • 8th in the world in Engineering and Information Technology • th Data Source: AUTM Survey FY 2007, 2006 and 2005 11 in the world in Life Sciences and Biomedicine th Note: University of Toronto includes the following affiliated hospitals: Bloorview Kids • 11 in the world in Arts and Humanities Rehab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Sunnybrook • 14th in the world in Natural Sciences Health Sciences Centre and University Health Network University of California, only available as a system aggregate, is not shown • 15th in the world in Social Sciences 9 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BY THE NUMBERS 10 AWARDS AND HONOURS Lewis E. Kay, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, McLaughlin Medal Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal for Selected Awards and Honours in the past three years. Chemistry John R.G. Challis, Physiology Science and Engineering, Natural Eugenia Kumacheva, Chemistry Michael Tyers, Molecular Genetics Sciences and Engineering Research English Council of Canada Aurora Prize, Social Sciences and Locke Rowe, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology James Smith, Chemical Engineering & Ian Lancashire, OISE/UT Miroslaw Romanowski Medal J.