LIFE IN 2027 EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP: RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO U of T RESEARCH BY THE NUMBERS U of T RESEARCH 1 A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP BY THE NUMBERS 2 FACULTY EXCELLENCE Faculty Honours 3 RESEARCH FUNDING Research Funds Awarded Research Funds Awarded by Sector 4 FEDERAL FUNDING Federal Granting Council Funding to U15 Universities Canada Research Chairs at U15 Universities 5 FEDERAL FUNDING Canada Foundation for Innovation Funding to U15 Universities 6 PROVINCIAL FUNDING Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI, now part of the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation) Funding 7 INDUSTRY FUNDING Industry Funding to U15 Universities 8 INNOVATIONS Invention Disclosures 9 INNOVATIONS New Spin-off Companies 10 IMPACT Rankings on Publications and Citations World University Rankings 11 CONNAUGHT FUND 12 AWARDS AND HONOURS RESEARCHA POWERFUL FUNDING PARTNERSHIP The combination of U of T and the nine partner hospitals affi liated with the university creates one of the world’s largest and most innovative health research forces. More than 2,000 researchers and over 5,000 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows pursue the next vital steps in every area of health research imaginable. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SUNNYBROOK HEALTH ST. MICHAEL’S SCIENCES CENTRE HOSPITAL HOLLAND BLOORVIEW WOMEN’S COLLEGE KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL A POWERFUL HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP BAYCREST MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL THE HOSPITAL CENTRE FOR ADDICTION FOR SICK CHILDREN AND MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK* * Composed of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute BY THE NUMBERS 1 FACULTY EXCELLENCE U of T researchers consistently win more prestigious awards than their peers at any other Canadian university. See the end of this booklet for a detailed list of awards and honours received by our faculty in recent years. FACULTY HONOURS (1980-2011) University of Toronto compared to awards held at other Canadian universities INTERNATIONAL AWARDS NATIONAL AWARDS American Academy of Arts & Sciences* Steacie Prize Gairdner International Award Molson Prize Guggenheim Fellows Killam Prize National Academies** Federal Granting Councils’ Royal Society Fellows Highest Awards**** Steacie Fellows Sloan Research Fellows American Association for the Killam Fellows Advancement of Science* ISI Highly Cited Researchers*** Royal Society of Canada Fellows 0 20406080100 0 20406080100 Percentage of awards held by U of T faculty Percentage of awards held by U of T faculty * Current members only ** The National Academies consist of: Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences *** As of Sept 2011 **** Federal Granting Councils’ Highest Awards: NSERC: Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering; CIHR: Michael Smith Prize/Health Researcher of the Year; SSHRC: Gold Medal for Achievement in Research 2 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO RESEARCH FUNDING U of T’s research funding has been increasing Research funding at U of T comes from a variety steadily over the past decade. of sources, in particular the federal and provincial governments. RESEARCH FUNDS AWARDED RESEARCH FUNDS AWARDED BY SECTOR (1998-99 to 2009-2010) (2009-2010) U of T including partner hospitals Total: $924M 1000 Federal Granting Councils Inter-Institutional Collaboration 36% 800 7% 600 Not-For-Profit 18% $ Million 400 Other Federal 15% 200 International 3% 0 Private Sector 6% 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Other Government 1% Government of Ontario 15% All Sources Federal Granting Councils NOTE: Federal Granting Councils includes funding for Canada Research Chairs NOTE: Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included BY THE NUMBERS 3 FEDERAL FUNDING U of T leads all Canadian universities in funding from the federal granting councils and the Canada Research Chairs program. FEDERAL GRANTING COUNCIL FUNDING CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS AT U15 TO U15 UNIVERSITIES (2010-2011) UNIVERSITIES (2011-2012) U TORONTO U TORONTO UBC UBC McGill U McGill U U de Montréal U de Montréal U Alberta U Alberta U Ottawa U Laval U Laval U Ottawa McMaster U U Calgary U Western Ont. McMaster U U Calgary U Western Ont. U Waterloo U Waterloo Queenʼs U Queenʼs U Dalhousie U U Manitoba U Manitoba Dalhousie U U Saskatchewan U Saskatchewan 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 0 50 100 150 200 250 $ Millions Number of Chairs Allocated SSHRC NSERC CIHR NOTES: Excludes Networks of Centres of Excellence, Canada Research Chairs, Indirect Costs and funding DATA SOURCE: CRC website, updated March 2011 for the Canadian Light Source and Canadian Microelectronic Corporation. Funding for affiliates and partner NOTES: Montréal includes École Polytechnique and École des Hautes Études Commerciales (regular chairs only) hospitals counted with each university 4 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FEDERALRESEARCH FUNDING FUNDING U of T leads all Canadian universities in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION FUNDING TO U15 UNIVERSITIES U TORONTO McGill U UBC U de Montréal U Alberta McMaster U U Laval U Western Ont. U Ottawa U Calgary U Waterloo Queenʼs U U Saskatchewan Dalhousie U U Manitoba 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 $Millions DATA SOURCE: CFI website, September 26, 2011 (funding since inception) NOTES: Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included with each university National projects excluded BY THE NUMBERS 5 PROVINCIAL FUNDING U of T leads all Ontario universities in funding from the Ministry of Research and Innovation.* ONTARIO MINISTRY OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (MRI) FUNDING Top Ten Universities U TORONTO U Western Ont. McMaster U U Waterloo Queenʼs U U Ottawa U Guelph York U Carleton U Laurentian U 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 $Millions DATA SOURCE: Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI), December 2011 NOTES: Limited to main competitive programs (funding since inception) Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included with each university *As of October 2011, the Ministry of Research and Innovation has merged with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to form the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation. 6 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO INDUSTRY FUNDING U of T is among Canada’s leaders in industry-sponsored research. INDUSTRY FUNDING TO U15 UNIVERSITIES (2008-2009) U de Montréal U TORONTO U Alberta UBC U Laval Queenʼs U U Western Ont. McGill U U Calgary Dalhousie U U Ottawa McMaster U U Saskatchewan U Waterloo U Manitoba 0 1020304050607080 $Millions DATA SOURCE: CAUBO 2008-09 NOTES: Funding for affiliates and partner hospitals included with each university U Toronto data corrected for 1-year lag in reporting for affiliates McMaster: only entities consolidated included BY THE NUMBERS 7 INNOVATIONS U of T is among North America’s leaders in new invention disclosures. INVENTION DISCLOSURES (2006-2009) U.S. & Canadian universities California Inst Tech MIT Stanford U Wisconsin (Madison) U Washington U Illinois (Urbana & Chicago) Georgia Inst Tech U Michigan U Pennsylvania U TORONTO Johns Hopkins U Florida Columbia U Guelph SUNY Cornell Harvard U Colorado U Pittsburgh Purdue 0 500 1000 1500 2000 Number of new disclosures DATA SOURCE: AUTM Survey 2007 and 2008; AUTM STATT data 2009; Biodiscovery Toronto 2010 Summary Report on AUTM compatible indicators for the year 2009 NOTES: Where available, University of Toronto includes the following affiliate hospitals: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and University Health Network U Washington includes Washington Research Foundation in all years University of California system excluded 8 RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO RESEARCHINNOVATIONS FUNDING U of T is among North America’s leaders in creating spin-off companies. NEW SPIN-OFF COMPANIES (2006-2009) U.S. & Canadian universities MIT U Utah California Inst Tech Columbia U Florida U Kentucky U Colorado U Washington U TORONTO Purdue Carnegie Mellon U Michigan Georgia Inst Tech U Illinois (Urbana & Chicago) Harvard Brigham Young Stanford SUNY Boston U Johns Hopkins 0 1020304050607080 Number of new spin-off companies DATA SOURCES: AUTM Survey 2007 and 2008; AUTM STATT data 2009; Biodiscovery Toronto 2010 Summary Report on AUTM compatible indicators for the year 2009 NOTES: Where available, University of Toronto includes the following affiliate hospitals: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and University Health Network U Washington includes Washington Research Foundation in all years University of California system excluded BY THE NUMBERS 9 IMPACT U of T is one of the leading institutions in North America for publications and citations. RANKINGS ON PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS (2006-2010) CANADIAN NORTH AMERICAN NORTH AMERICAN PEERS – U15 PEERS* – PUBLIC (N=51) PEERS* – ALL (N=77) WORLD PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS PUBLICATIONS CITATIONS UNIVERSITY All Fields 1 1 1 1 2 3 RANKINGS HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES 1 1 1 1 2 3 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems 1 1 1 1 3 5 Infectious Diseases 1 1 6 6 10 12 The University of Toronto Molecular Biology & Genetics 1 1 1 2 2 5 ranks among the world’s Neuroscience & Behaviour 1 1 2 4 4 10 leading research-intensive Oncology 1 1 1 1 2 3 universities,