May 2008

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada

Science & TechnologyIn

Canada

1. Science & Technology Structure

2. S&T Budget (2005)

3. Canada’s Innovation Strategy

4. National Research Council

Index

1. Science & Technology Structure

* Due to be established

China* India*Japan* Korea**Singapore Taiwan

European Union* France*Germany* ItalyNetherlands SpainUnited KingdomThe Nordics (Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark)

Asia

Europe

South America

Middle East

USA

*Canada has active S&T agreements** Canada has an S&T arrangement

Brazil

Israel*

International S&T Partners

Focus Areas

1. Information and Communications Technologies

2. Life Sciences3. Resource and Environmental

Technologies4. Advanced Manufacturing

Technologies5. Aerospace Technologies

1. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)2. Canada Research Chairs (CRC)3. Genome Canada4. Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE)5. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)6. Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC)7. Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS)8. Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD)9. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)

Strategic R&D Programs

• Going Global: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

• International Science and Technology Partnerships Program: A 5-year, $20 million program to build S&T relationships with Israel, India, China and Brazil

• Special Research Opportunity Program: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

• International Opportunities Program: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

•Canadian S&T funding dedicated to international collaboration: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI): A $2.9B fund for infrastructure investments,

including international collaborations.

Funding for International Collaboration

•Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

•Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

•Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

University R&D Funding

2. S& T Budget (2005)

Total : $26,268M

•Business enterprises: 52.7% ($13,843M)

•Universities and colleges: 37.5% ($9,850M)

•Governments (federal & provincial): 9.5% ($2,495M)

•Private non-profit organizations: 0.3% ($79M)

S&T Budget(2005)

3. Canada’s Innovation Strategy

1. Paradigm : S&T is a core driver of increases in our productivity growth and standard of living, and a focus on S&T must be complemented by a focus on an increasingly skilled work force.

2. Macroeconomic framework : a competitive, low inflation, low debt, fiscally balanced, macroeconomic environment leverages good microeconomic policies.

3. Focused priorities and critical mass : clear about our comparative advantages, core national policy objectives and priorities.

4. Attitudes : focus more on global excellence in S&T and innovation, and emphasis on speed and agility.

5. Global mind set : think globally, understand profoundly the opportunities and challenges.

6. Commercialization of publicly funded S&T : a significant contribution to wealth and job creation in Canada.

7. Robust private sector investment and involvement in S&T : productivity gains from S&T must come from private sector investment in, and deployment of, S&T.

2007 Innovation StrategyAspects that matter

• Granting Councils: annual funding of $1.7 billion in 2008-09 => CIHR ($760 million); NSERC ($760 million); and SSHRC ($210 million).

• Indirect Costs of Research: annual funding of $330 million in 2008-2009 => support university research infrastructure costs.

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); cumulative funding of over $4.2 billion since its inception in 1997.

• Canada Research Chairs (CRC): 2,000 CRCs at an annual funding of $300 million in 2008-09.• Global Excellence Chairs (GECs): 20 new global excellence chairs ($10 million per chair over 7

years) in targetted S&T areas.• Centers of Excellence: through Budget 2007 => $270 million for 19 centers of excellence• Genome Canada: cumulative funding of $840 million since its inception in 2000. • CANARIE: Canada’s high speed research network ICT backbone => cumulative investment of

$330 million since in 2000. • Large Science Facilities: investment in large science facilities => Canadian Light Source

Synchroton at Univ of Sask; the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) at Queens Univ and TRIUMF Cyclotron at UBC.

• Federal laboratories: annual funding of approximately $2.3 billion.• Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP): annual funding of $155 million => assisting

private sector SMEs, with technology transfer and adaptation for incremental innovation.• Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED): tax assistance in support of

private sector R&D activities at an annual tax expenditure of more than $4 billion per year.• Charitable giving: tax assistance to universities and research hospitals.

R&D Budget

• Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP): assisted roughly 344,000 full-time students in 2005-06 with total loans of $1.9 billion.

• Canada Student Grant Program (CSGP): will assist roughly 245,000 students at an annual funding of $488 million in 2009-2010.

• Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS): 4,600 graduate scholars at an annual funding of $125 million in 2008-09, growing to 5,000 awards by 2009-10.

• Vanier Global Scholarships: 500 Ph. D scholarships to globally excellent scholars to study in Canada at a cost of $25 million per year.

• Canada Social Transfer: annual transfer of $3.2 billion in 2008-2009 to the provinces and territories to support, in part, Postsecondary Education (PSE) funding.

• Tax support: $1.8 billion to help students and families save for their education and deal with tuition and other costs.

Skilled Workforce

• A relentless pursuit of excellence.

• Focus and alignment of S&T priorities with national policy objectives and comparative advantages.

• Consistent with these excellence and focus themes.

• Greater private sector engagement in S&T, and greater university commercialization of R&D.

Challenges

4. National Research Council

National Research Council

(NRC)

NRC is an agency of the Government of Canada, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Industry.

• undertaking, assisting or promoting scientific and industrial research;• establishing, operating and maintaining a national science library; • publishing and selling or distributing scientific and technical

information; • investigating standards and methods of measurement; • working on the standardization and certification of scientific and

technical apparatus and instruments and materials; • operating and administering astronomical observatories established

or maintained by the Government of Canada; • administering NRC's research and development activities, including

grants and contributions; and • providing vital scientific and technological services to the research

and industrial communities.

NRC Mandates

• Bioinformatics • Environmental and Sustainable

Development Technologies • Fuel Cells • Genomics • Nanotechnology • Photonics • Nutraceuticals • Proteomics

NRC Areas of Research

• Aerospace1 research institute, one technology centre

• Biotechnology6 research institutes

• Engineering and Construction3 research institutes, 3 technology centres

• Fundamental Sciences3 research institutes

• Industry SupportOne institute, one national program

• Information and Communications Technologies2 research institutes

• Manufacturing3 research institutes, one technology centre

NRC Industry Support

• NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI)• NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI)• NRC Canadian Hydraulics Centre (NRC-CHC)• NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (NRC-SIMS, Chalk River)• NRC Centre for Surface Transportation Technology (NRC-CSTT)• NRC Genomics and Health Initiative (NRC-GHI)• NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA) • NRC Industrial Materials Institute (NRC-IMI) • NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) • NRC Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-IAR) • NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD)• NRC Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS) • NRC Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology (NRC-ICPET) • NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) • NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) • NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB) • NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences (NRC-IMS) • NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards (NRC-INMS) • NRC Institute for Nutrisciences and Health (NRC-INH)• NRC Institute for Ocean Technology (NRC-IOT) • NRC Institute for Research in Construction (NRC-IRC)• NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) • NRC Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NRC-NMR) • NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC-PBI) • NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences (NRC-SIMS)

NRC Institutes and Others

NRC Technology Clusters

•Vancouver – Fuel Cell & Hydrogen

•Edmonton – Nanotechnology

•Saskatoon – Plants for Health & Wellness

•Regina – Sustainable Urban Infrastructure

•Winnipeg – Biomedical

•Ottawa – Photonics

•Saguenay Region – Aluminium Transformation

•Fredericton & Moncton – IT & e-Biz

•Halifax – Life Sciences

•Charlottetown – Nutrisciences and Health

•St. John’s - Ocean Technologies

• Canada’s Innovation Strategy: http://innovationstrategy.gc.ca• Flint Box: http://www.flintbox.com• Technology Road Maps:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/trm-crt.nsf/en/Home• Canadian Research Chairs: http://www.chairs.gc.ca• Federal Partners in Technology Transfer: http://www.fptt-pftt.gc.ca

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