Canadian university scientific research organizations

Canadian university scientific research organizations

University of Toronto[edit]

Toronto, ontario.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 54,264

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 245

Research institutes[edit]

Natural science research

Institute for Aerospace Studies

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

Canadian Drosophila Microarray Centre

Centre for Environment

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences

Proteomics Research Centre

Engineering Research

Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies

Centre for Applied Power Electronics

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute

Emerging Communications Technology Institute

Energenius Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology

Hitachi Survey Research Centre

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology

Centre for Landscape Research InterNetwork

Lassonde Institute (Engineering Geoscience)

Centre for Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging

Molecular Design and Information Technology Center (MDIT)

Centre for Nuclear Engineering

Positron Emission Tomography Centre

Pulp and Paper Centre

Medical research

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Institute of Medical Science

Sunnybrook Centre for studies in Aging

Banting and Best Diabetes Centre

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

Centre for Health Promotion

Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre for Cardiovascular Research

Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging

Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine

R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine

Centre for the Neurobiology of Stress

Centre for research in Neurodegenerative Diseases

U of T Centre for the Study of Pain

Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology

Social science research

Joint Centre for Bioethics

Clarkson Centre for Business Effectiveness and Board Effectiveness

Capital Markets Institute

CERIS - The ontario Metropolis Centre

Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity

Centre of Criminology

Centre for research in Education (Medical)

International Centre for Educational Change

G8 Information Centre

Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Centre for Industrial Relations

Centre for research into Information Studies

Centre for Innovation Law and Policy

Centre for Integrative and Anti-Racism Studies

Institute for International Business

Centre for International Studies

Knowledge Media and Design Institute

Laidlaw Centre (Institute of Child Study)

Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship

Centre for Media and Culture in Education

Centre for Modern Language

Multimedia Centre for Learning in the Humanities

Munk Centre for International Studies

Institute for Policy Analysis

Centre de Recherches en éducation Franco-ontarienne

Centre for Applied Social Research

Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development

Imperial Oil Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

Centre for Study of Education and Work

Centre for the Study of the United States

Centre for Teacher Development

Centre for Technology and Social Development

Transformative Learning Centre

Centre for Urban and Community Studies

Centre for Research in Women's Health

Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies

Centre for Women's Studies in Education

University of British Columbia[edit]

Vancouver, British Columbia.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 43,004

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 148

Research Institutes[edit]

Land & Food Systems

Avian Research Centre

UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre

UBC Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research (CAER)

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

Soil-Water Environmental Laboratory

UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research

Wine Research Centre

Natural Science and Engineering

Institute for Aboriginal Health

Institute for Applied Mathematics (IAM)

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Institute of Health Promotion Research

Institute of Mental Health

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

Rick Hansen Institute (RHI)

Robotics & Intelligent Systems (IRIS)

Sustainable Development Research Institute (SDRI)

Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)

'Social Science

Institute of Asian Research

Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI)

English Language Institute (ELI)

Institute for European Studies

Human Early Learning Partnership

Liu Institute for Global Issues

Institute for Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI)

UBC also operates 65 research centres.

University of Alberta[edit]

Edmonton, Alberta.

NSERC Funding 2003 C$M 36,291

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 100

Centres and institutes[edit]

Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences

Alberta Poultry Research Centre

Alberta Veterinary Research Institute (AVRI)

Centre for Enhanced Forest Management (EFM)

Dairy Research and Technology Centre (DRTC)

Environmental Research and Studies Centre

Material Culture Institute (MCI)

Engineering

Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science

Construction Research Institute for Canada (CIRC)

Imperial Oil Centre for Oil Sands Innovation

Health Sciences Council

Alberta Centre on Aging

Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition

Community-University Partnership (CUP)

The John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre

Medicine and Dentistry

Alberta Asthma Centre

Alberta Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases

Alberta Diabetes Research Institute

Alberta Institute for Viral Immunology (AIVI)

Alberta Peptide Institute (API)

Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre (ATAGC)

Canadian VIGOUR Centre

Centre for Health Evidence

Centre for Neuroscience

Digestive Health Care Centre for Colon Cancer (DHCCC)

Glaxo Wellcome Heritage Research Institute

Magnetic Resonance Diagnostics Centre (MRDC)

Muttart Diabetes Research & Training Centre

Perinatal Research Group

Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI)

Nursing

Institute for Philosophical Nursing Research

International Institute for Qualitative Methodology

International Nursing Centre

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Centre for Community Pharmacy Research and Interdisciplinary Studies (c/COMPRIS)

Noujaim Institute

School of Public Health

Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research

Centre for Health Promotion Studies

Rehabilitation Medicine

Centre for Studies in Clinical Education (CSCE)

Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR)

Rehabilitation Research Centre

Science

Alberta Centre for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS)

Alberta Cooperative Conservation Research Unit

Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science

Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning

Applied Mathematics Institute

Centre for Mathematical Biology

Centre for Particle Physics

Institute for Geophysical Research (IGR)

Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology (ISSET)

Statistics Centre

Theoretical Physics Institute

McGill University[edit]

Montreal, Quebec

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 133

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 34,984

Research facilities[edit]

Downtown campus

Animal Resources Centre

Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research

Centre for Intelligent Machines (CIM)

Facility for Electron Microscopy Research (FEMR)

Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI)

Nanotools Facility

NMR Facility

Phytotron

Redpath Museum

Sheldon Biotechnology Centre

Trace Element Centre

Macdonald campus

Bioresource Engineering Machine Shop

CT Scanning Laboratory for Agricultural and Environmental Research

Ecological Agriculture Projects

Fermentation and Bioprocessing Laboratory

Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory

Macdonald Campus Farm

J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory

Mary Emily Clinical Nutrition Unit

McGill University Herbarium

Morgan Arboretum

Pilot Plant

Plant Science Field Research Facilities

Plant Science Research Greenhouses and Phytorium

Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory

The Trace Metal Analysis Laboratory

Off campus

Bellairs Research Institute (Barbados)

Gault Nature Reserve (Mont-Saint-Hilaire)

Mont-Saint-Hilaire Nature Conservation Centre

McGill Arctic Research Station

McGill Sub-Arctic Research Station

Molson Nature Reserve (Ste-Anne de Bellevue)

Wilder and Helen Penfield Nature Reserve (Lake Memphrémagog)

Interuniversity/ Interinstitutional(based at McGill or elsewhere)

CLUMEQ Supercomputer Centre

Coriolis II (Rimouski)

Huntsman Marine Science Centre

McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre

Pulp and Paper Research Institute - Canada (PAPRICAN)

Quebec Interuniversity Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS)

Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP)

University of Waterloo[edit]

Waterloo, ontario

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 29,763

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 48

Research centres and institutes[edit]

Canadian Centre of Arts & Technology (CCAT)

Canadian Centre for Cultural Innovation (CCCI)

Centre for Accounting Research & Education (CARE)

Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance (CASF)

Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies at Waterloo (CATT)

Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR)

Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (CBET)

Centre for Computational Mathematics in Industry & Commerce (CCMIC)

Centre for Contact Lens Research (CCLR)

Centre for Cultural Management (CCM)

Centre for Education in Mathematics & Computing (CEMC)

Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR)

Centre for Molecular Beams & Laser Chemistry

Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience

Heritage Resource Centre

Institute for Computer Research (ICR)

Institute for Innovation Research (IIR)

Institute for Polymer Research (IPR)

Institute for Quantitative Finance & Insurance (IQFI)

Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)

Institute for Risk Research (IRR)

Institute for Vision Science & Technology (IVST)

Institute of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Institute of Insurance and Pension Research (IIPR)

Integrated Centre for Visualization, Design & Manufacturing (ICVDM)

Mid-Size City Research Centre (MCRC)

Nortel Networks Institute for Advanced Information Technology (NNI)

Schlegel - UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)

Survey Research Centre (SRC)

Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE)

Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Sciences

Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR)

Waterloo Centre for German Studies

Waterloo Institute for Groundwater Research (WIGR)

Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research (WIHIR)

University of Waterloo Management of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Research Group (WATMIMS)

Université Laval[edit]

Québec, Québec

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 28,128

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 80

Network of Centres of Excellence[edit]

ArcticNet

Geoide

Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations

Instituts de recherche[edit]

Institut des nutraceutiques et des aliments fonctionnels (INAF)

Institut d'éthique appliquée (IDÉA)

Institut d'études anciennes (IEA)

Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société (IHQEDS)

Institut québécois des hautes études internationales (IQHEI)

Institut sur le patrimoine culturel (IPAC)

Institut sur le vieillissement et la participation sociale des aînés (IVPSA)

Institut Technologies de l'Information et Sociétés (ITIS)

Centres de recherche[edit]

Centre d'analyse des politiques publiques (CAPP)

Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement (CRAD)

Centre de recherche en biologie de la reproduction (CRBR)

Centre de recherche en cancérologie (CRC)

Centre de recherche en économie agroalimentaire (CRÉA)

Centre de recherche en endocrinologie moléculaire et oncologique (CREMO)

Centre de recherche en géomatique (CRG)

Centre de recherche en horticulture (CRH)

Centre de recherche en infectiologie (CRI)

Centre de recherche en modélisation, information et décision (CERMID)

Centre de recherche en neurosciences (CRN)

Centre de recherche en rhumatologie et immunologie (CRRI)

Centre de recherche en sciences et ingénierie des macromolécules (CERSIM)

Centre de recherche en sciences et technologie du lait (STELA)

Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur la réussite scolaire (CRIRES)

Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur l'éducation et la vie au travail (CRIEVAT)

Centre de recherche Hôpital Laval

Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux femmes (CRI-VIFF)

Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)

Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ)

Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT)

Centre de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l'ingénierie des protéines (CREFSIP)

Centre de recherche sur l'adaptation des jeunes et des familles à risque (JEFAR)

Centre de recherche sur l'aluminium (REGAL-LAVAL)

Centre de recherche sur le bois (CRB)

Centre de recherche sur le cerveau, le comportement et la neuropsychiatrie (CRCN)

Centre de recherche sur le métabolisme énergétique (CREME)

Centre de recherche sur les infrastructures en béton (CRIB)

Centre de recherche sur les maladies lipidiques (CRML)

Centre de recherche sur les propriétés des interfaces et la catalyse (CERPIC)

Centre de recherche sur les technologies de l'organisation réseau (CENTOR)

Centre de recherche Université Laval-Robert-Giffard (CRULRG)

Centre de santé et de services sociaux de la Vieille-Capitale (CLSC Haute-Ville-Des-** Rivières) (CSSSVC)

Centre d'édition et de documentation Fonds Gustave-Guillaume (FGG)

Centre d'étude de la forêt (CEF)

Centre d'études interaméricaines (CEI)

Centre d'études Marie-de-l'Incarnation (CEMI)

Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)

Centre d'excellence pour la santé buccodentaire et le vieillissement

Centre d'optique, photonique et laser (COPL)

Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec (CHA)

Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ)

Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS)

Centre interdisciplinaire de recherches sur les activités langagières (CIRAL)

Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le saumon atlantique (CIRSA)

Centre interuniversitaire d'études et de recherches autochthones (CIÉRA)

Centre interuniversitaire d'études québécoises (CIEQ)

Centre interuniversitaire d'études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions (CELAT)

Centre interuniversitaire en calcul mathématique algébrique (CICMA)

Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi (CIRPÉE)

Centre jeunesse de Québec (CJQ)

University of Saskatchewan[edit]

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

NSERC Funding 2006/7 C$M 26.5 [1] All Research Funding 2006/7 C$M 140.6

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 40

Internal Research Centers and Institutes (partial list)[edit]

Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture

Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation

Centre for High Performance Computing

Institute For Computer and Information Technology

Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies

Saskatchewan Drug Research Institute

Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre

Subatomic Physics Institute

Toxicology Centre

Plasma Physics Laboratory

Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory

Research Centers and Institutes Operating with Independent Boards from The University

Canadian Light Source - Synchrotron light source operated as a national facility

Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, Inc.

Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization- Vaccine Research with Level 3 laboratory

Université de Montréal[edit]

Montreal, Quebec.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 21,759

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 93

Centres de recherche[edit]

Agora Jules Dupuit (AJD)

Centre Canadien d'études allemandes et européennes (CCEAE)

Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERIUM)

Centre d'études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM)

Centre d’étude des religions de l’Université de Montréal (CERUM)

Centre d’excellence en neuromique (CEN)

Centre d’excellence pour le développement des jeunes enfants (CEDJE)

Centre de droit des affaires et du commerce international (CDACI)

Centre de formation et d'expertise en recherche en administration des services infirmiers (FERASI)

Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP)

Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal (CREUM)

Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et cognition (CERNEC)

Centre de recherche en reproduction animale (CRRA)

Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques (CRSN)

Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux ** femmes (CRI-VIFF)

Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les aggressions ** sexuelles (CRIPCAS)

Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les technologies émergentes (CITÉ)

Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)

Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises (CRILCQ/U.Montréal)

Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT)

Centre de recherche Léa-Roback sur les inégalités sociales de santé de Montréal

Centre de recherche sur l’intermédialité (CRI)

Centre de recherche sur les politiques et le développement social (CPDS)

Centre de recherche sur les transports (CRT)

Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)

Centre des langues patrimoniales (CLP)

Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC)

Centre interuniversitaire d’études démographiques (CIED)

Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative CIREQ-CRDE

Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en toxicologie (CIRTOX)

Centre interuniversitaire québécois de statistiques sociales (CIQSS)

Centre Robert-Cedergren de l’Université de Montréal

Équipe de recherche et d’action en santé mentale et culture (ÉRASME)

Groupes de recherche[edit]

Groupe d'astrophysique de l'Université de Montréal

Groupe d'étude des protéines membranaires (GÉPROM)

Groupe d’étude et de recherche sur la sécurité internationale (GERSI)

Groupe de physique des particules (GPP)

Groupe de physique numérique (PhysNum)

Groupe de physique numérique des matériaux

Groupe de recherche DÉFI Apprentissage (GDA)

Groupe de recherche Diversité Urbaine (GRDU)

Groupe de recherche en architecture urbaine (GRAU)

Groupe de recherche en conception assistée par ordinateur (GRCAO)

Groupe de recherche en conservation de l’environnement bâti (GRCEB)

Groupe de recherche en épidémiologie des zoonoses et santé publique

Groupe de recherche en gestion thérapeutique (GRGT)

Groupe de recherche en linguistique du texte (GRELT)

Groupe de recherche en médecine équine du Québec (GREMEQ)

Groupe de recherche en modélisation biomédicale (GRMB)

Groupe de recherche en physique et technologie des couches minces (GCM)

Groupe de recherche en sciences de la vision (GRSV)

Groupe de recherche en toxicologie humaine (TOXHUM)

Groupe de recherche et d’action sur la victimisation des enfants – Alliance de recherche ** pour le développement des enfants dans leur communauté (GRAVE-ARDEC)

Groupe de recherche et développement en gestion informatisée de la santé animale (DSA R&D)

Groupe de recherche IF (GRIF)

Groupe de recherche interdépartemental sur les conditions d'enseignement et d'apprentissage ** (GRICEA)

Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS)

Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en sciences infirmières de Montréal (GRISIM)

Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en tutoriel intelligent (GRITI)

Groupe de recherche Language, Organisation et Gouvernance (LOG)

Groupe de recherche sur l'apprentissage et l'évaluation multimédias interactifs (GRAEMI)

Groupe de recherche sur l'avènement et la formation des institutions cinématographique et ** scénique (GRAFICS)

Groupe de recherche sur l’Amérique latine (GRAL)

Groupe de recherche sur l’inadaptation psychosociale chez l’enfant (GRIP)

Groupe de recherche sur la démographie québécoise (GRDQ)

Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux autonome (GRSNA)

Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central (GRSNC)

Groupe de recherche sur les animaux de compagnie (GRAC)

Groupe de recherche sur les aspects sociaux de la santé et de la prévention (GRASP)

Groupe de recherche sur les environnements de travail (GRET)

Groupe de recherche sur les jeunes et les médias (GRJM)

Groupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses du porc (GREMIP)

Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le médicament (GRUM)

Immigration et métropoles, Centre de recherche interuniversitaire de Montréal sur l’immigration, l’intégration et la dynamique urbaine

Institutes de recherche[edit]

Institut d’études européennes de l’Université de Montréal et de l'Université McGill

Institut de biotechnologie vétérinaire et alimentaire (IBVA)

Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV)

Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie de l’Université de Montréal (IRIC)

Institut international de recherche en éthique biomédicale (IIREB)

Laboratoires de recherche[edit]

Laboratoire d'intégration des technologies informatiques à l'enseignement médical (LITIEM)

Laboratoire d’étude de l’architecture potentielle (LEAP)

Laboratoire de muséographie

Laboratoire de recherche et d'intervention portant sur les politiques et les professions en ** éducation (LABRIPROF)

Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde (LRMM)

Laboratoire de recherches métaboliques sur le foie et l'exercice

Laboratoire LexUM

Observatiores de recherche[edit]

Observatoire de linguistique Sens-Texte (OLST)

Observatoire du mont Mégantic (OMM)

Observatoire international de la création musicale (OICM)

Observatoire SITQ du développement urbain et immobilier

Observatoire sur la ville intérieure

Réseaux de recherche[edit]

Calcul Québec

Réseau Biocontrôle

Réseau de calcul et de modélisation mathématique (RCM2)

Réseau québécois de recherche en synthèse organique (RQRSO)

Unité de santé internationale (USI)

Centres de recherche hospitaliers[edit]

Centre de recherche de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal (ICM)

Centre de recherche de l'Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal

Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal

Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur

Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’UdeM (CRCHUM)

Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine

Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin de l'Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine

Centre de recherche Guy-Bernier Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR)

Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)

Laboratoire de génétique et médecine génomique en inflammation

Service de recherche de l'hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies

Queen's University[edit]

Kingston, ontario

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 21,571

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 54

University centres and institutes[edit]

Centre for Neuroscience Studies (formerly Centre for the Study of Molecular Neuroscience)

Centre for Water and the Environment

GeoEngineering Centre

High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL)

Human Mobility Research Centre

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute

Southern African Research Centre

Faculty centres and institutes[edit]

Cancer Research Institute

(Cancer Clinical Trials Division)

(Cancer Biology & Genetics Division)

(Cancer Care & Epidemiology Division)

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Centre for International Relations Charles Pentland

Centre for Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics and Nanomaterials Vladimir Krstic

Centre for Studies in Primary Care Richard Birtwhistle

Centre for the Study of Democracy

Fuel Cell Research Centre

John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy

Industrial Relations Centre

Institute for Intergovernmental Relations Thomas Courchene

The Monieson Centre Yolande Chan

McMaster University[edit]

Hamilton, ontario.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 20,694

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 62

Research institutes[edit]

Origins Institute

McMaster Institute for Applied Radiation Sciences(McIARS)

McMaster Institute for Energy Studies

McMaster Institute of Environment & Health

Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition

McMaster Institute for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

McMaster Institute for Polymer Production Technology

McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute

McMaster Palaeogenetics Institute (MPI)

Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics & Population

Research Centres[edit]

Antimicrobial Research Centre

Bertrand Russell Research Centre

Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research

Canadian Cochrane Centre

CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

Centre for Advanced Polymer Processing & Design

Centre for Electrophotonic Materials & Devices

Centre for Functional Genomics

Centre for Gene Therapeutics

Centre for Evaluation of Medicines

Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis

Centre for Minimal Access Surgery

Centre for Peace Studies

Centre for Spatial Analysis

Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre (St. Joseph's Hospital)

Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health

Henderson Research Centre

Management of Innovation & New Technology Research Centre

Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences

McMaster Centre for Automotive Materials

McMaster Ancient DNA Centre

McMaster Centre for Pulp & Paper Research

McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC)

Network for Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies

Offord Centre for Child Studies

Population Health Research Institute

R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Research Centre for the Promotion of Women's Health

Statistics Canada Research Data Centre

Steel Research Centre

Surgical Outcomes Research Centre

Research facilities[edit]

Adaptive Systems Laboratory

Applied Dynamics Laboratory

Canadian International Labour Network

Canadian Workers & Social Cohesion in a Global Era

Communications Research Laboratory

Earthquake Engineering Research Group

Ecowise: The McMaster Eco-Research Program for Hamilton Harbour

Flow Cytometry Facility

Generalized Electronic Learning Group

Geographical Information Systems Laboratory

Health & Social Services Utilization Research Unit

Health Information Research Unit

High Throughput Screening Laboratory

Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population

Intestinal Disease Research Program

Machining Systems Laboratory

McMaster Advanced Control Consortium

McMaster Experimental Economics Laboratory

McMaster Health Sciences International

McMaster Membrane Research Group

McMaster Nuclear Reactor

McMaster Working Group on the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Mobix Lab

Nursing Effectiveness, Utilization & Outcomes Research Unit

Power Research Laboratory

Program for Educational Research and Development

Program in Policy Decision Making

Robotics and Manufacturing Research Laboratory

SHARCNET

Smooth Muscle Research Program

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population

Software Engineering Research Group

Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit

Water Resources Environmental Information Systems Laboratory

Walter W. Smeltzer Corrosion Laboratory

William J. McCallion Planetarium

Work Function Unit at the School of Rehabilitation Science

University of Manitoba[edit]

Winnipeg, Manitoba

NSERC Funding 2009/10 C$M 19.9

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 44

University research centres, institutes, facilities and groups[edit]

Aerospace Materials Engineering Facility

Applied Electromagnetics Facility

Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (with St. Boniface General Hospital and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada)

Canadian Wheat Board Centre for Grain Storage Research

Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (with Health Sciences Centre)

Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.)

Centre for Defence and Security Studies

Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS)

Centre for Global Public Health

Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies

Centre for Hellenic Civilization

Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)

Centre for Human Models of Disease

Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics

Centre for the Research and Treatment of Atherosclerosis

Centre on Aging

Crystallography and Mineralogy Research Facility

Digital Image Analysis Facility

Great-West Life Manitoba Breast Cancer Research and Diagnosis Centre (with CancerCare Manitoba)

Health, Leisure and Human Performance Research Institute

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences (with St. Boniface General Hospital)

Institute for the Humanities

Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences

Internet Innovation Centre

Legal Research Institute

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology (with Health Sciences Centre)

Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology (with CancerCare Manitoba)

Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR)

Manitoba Institute for Materials

Manitoba Regional Materials and Surface Characterization Facility

Manitoba Research Data Centre

National Centre for Livestock and the Environment

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility

RESOLVE (Prairie Research Network on Family Violence)

Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN)

Spinal Cord Research Centre

Transport Institute

Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics (with University of Winnipeg)

W.R. McQuade Structural Engineering Laboratory

Research groups include:

Aquatic Biology Research Group

Community Acquired Infections Research Group

Composite Materials and Structures Group

Developmental Health Research Group

Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Group

Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Group

Centres of Excellence[edit]

Allergen

ArcticNet

Auto21

Canadian Arthritis Network

Canadian Stroke Network

Canadian Water Network

GEOIDE

Graphics, Animation and New Media Canada

PrioNet Canada

MITACS

University of Calgary[edit]

Calgary, Alberta.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 19,714

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 75

University research institutes and centres[edit]

Alberta Global Forum

Calgary Centre for Financial Research - under development

Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology (CCIT)

Calgary Institute for the Humanities]

Canadian Centre for the Study of Higher Education

Centre for Advanced Technologies of Life Sciences (CAT)

Centre for Bioengineering Research and Education (CBRE)

Centre for Environmental Engineering Research and Education (CEERE)

Centre for Gifted Education

Centre for Health and Policy Studies (CHAPS)

Centre for Information Security and Cryptography

Centre for Innovation Studies (THECIS)

Centre for Mathematics in Life Sciences

Centre for Microsystems Engineering (CME)

Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS)

Centre for Public Interest Accounting (CPIA)

Centre for Research in the Fine Arts (CRFA)

Centre for Social Work Research and Development

iNFORMATICS Research Centre

Institute for Advanced Policy Research

Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics

Institute for Gender Research

Institute for Quantum Science and Technology (formerly the Institute for Quantum Information Science)

Institute for Space Research

Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy

Institute for United States Policy Research

Institute of Professional Communication (IPC)

International Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainable Studies (IRIS)

Kananaskis Field Stations

Language Research Centre

Latin American Research Centre (LARC)

Markin Institute for Public Health

Pipeline Engineering Centre (PEC)

Risk Studies Centre

World Tourism Education and Research Centre

Partnerships, institutes and centres[edit]

Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute (includes the McCaig Centre for Joint Injury and Health Research)

Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre

Alberta Gaming Research Institute (AGRI)]

Alberta Sulpher Research Ltd.

Alberta Synchrotron Institute (ASI)

Arctic Institute of North America

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Banff International Research Station]

Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)]

Canadian Institute of Resources Law]

Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family

Centre for Leadership and Learning

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Institute of Health Economics (IHE)

Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation

Institute of Maternal and Child Health

Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Macleod Institute for Environmental Analysis

Miistakis Institute for the Rockies

Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Pine Creek Research Centre for Sustainable Water Resources

Prairie Regional Data Centre]

Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse (RESOLVE)

Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute]

Telecommunications Research Laboratories (TRLabs)

Van Horne Institute for International Transportation

Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute, The (VRRI)

Centres of Excellence[edit]

AUTO21

Canadian Arthritis Network

Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network (CBDN)

Canadian Genetic Diseases Network (CGDN)

Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network

Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)

Canadian Water Network (CWN)

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)

Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS)

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems

Micronet - Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems

PrioNet Canada

PENCE Inc. Protein Engineering Network

Stem Cell Network (STEMNet)

Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM)

TeleLearning Network

University of Western ontario[edit]

London, ontario.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 17,288

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 61

Science research centres and facilities[edit]

The Biotron

CCP Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Chemical Physics

ERW Environmental Research Western

ISW Interface Science Western

Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science

The Nanofabrication Laboratory

ORCCA ontario Research Centre for Computer Algebra

POLARIS Portable Observatories for Lithosphere Analysis and Research

SHARCNET Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network

SSW Surface Science Western

WINS Western Institute for Nanomaterials Science

Engineering research centres[edit]

Advanced Fluid Mechanics Research Group

Biomaterials and Medical Devices Research Group BM2D

Biomedical Engineering

Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory

Chemical Reactor Engineering Centre (CREC)

Concurrent Engineering and Agile Manufacturing

ECE Robotics and Real-Time Systems Lab

Environmental Research Western

Facility for Intelligent Decision Support (FIDS)

Geotechnical Research Centre

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)

Multi-Disciplinary Accident Research Team

Optomechatronics Research Laboratory

SHARCNet

The Three Little Pigs Research Project at The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes

Western Fluidization Group

Health science research facilities[edit]

Faculty Research Centres

National Centre for Audiology

Canadian Centre for Activity & Aging

www.uwo.ca/actage

www.ccaa-outreach.com

International Centre for Olympic Studies

Additional Research Facilities

Kid Skills Research Laboratory

National Rowing Centre

Nursing Research Unit

Western Qualitative Health Research Network

The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise & Pregnancy Laboratory (EPL)

Research Facilities

School of Communication Sciences & Disorders

School of Kinesiology

School of Nursing

School of Occupational Therapy

School of Physical Therapy

Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network (CLLRNet)

Social science research centres and research groups[edit]

Aging and Health Research Centre

Allan O'Brien Multilevel Governance Laboratory

American Studies

Animal Cognition Research Group

Behavioural Neuroendocrinology Research Group

Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network (collaborative)

Centre for Avian Physiology, Neurobiology and Behavior

Centre for the Brain and Mind

Centre for the Study of International Economic Relations (CSIER)

Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism

Child Development Research Facility

CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project

CIHR Group for Action and Perception

Culture, Cognition and Behavior Research Group (a collaboration with Sociology and Anthropology)

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Intergroup Relations and Social Justice Research Group

Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group

Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy Research Group

Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group

Philosophy and Psychology Research Group (a collaboration with Philosophy)

Political Economy Research Group (PERG)

Population Studies Centre

Psychoneuroimmunology Research Group

Research Unit for Work and Productivity

RBC Financial Group Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI)

Self-Regulation Research Group (collaboration for Social, Development, Clinical and Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience areas)

The Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium

Transition Economies Research Forum (TERF)

Workforce Aging in the New Economy

Affiliated research institutes[edit]

Robarts Research Institute

Lawson Health Research Institute

London Regional Cancer Program

Dalhousie University[edit]

Halifax, Nova Scotia.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 14,839

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 50

Research centres, institutes, and groups[edit]

Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health

Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre

Atlantic Institute of Criminology

Atlantic Research Data Centre (ARDC)

Centre for African Studies

Centre for Foreign Policy Studies

Dalhousie Infectious Disease Research Alliance (DIDRA)

Dalhousie Inflammation Group

Dalhousie Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit

Energy at Dalhousie

Health Law Institute

International Ocean Institute

Law and Technology Institute

Marine and Environmental Law Institute

Neuroscience Institute

Pediatric Pain Research Lab

Population Health Research Unit (PHRU)

Institute for Research in Materials

Technical research facilities[edit]

Aquatron

Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre

Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT)

Canadian Residential Energy End-use Data and Analysis Center (CREEDAC)

Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS)

Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating Facility

Minerals Engineering Centre (MEC)

Nova Scotia CAD/CAM Centre (NSCCC)

Slowpoke Facility

Trace Analysis Research Centre (TARC)

Affiliated research organizations[edit]

IWK Health Centre

Global Information Networking Institute

The Nova Scotia Hospital,

QEII Health Sciences Centre

Saint John Regional Hospital

University of Ottawa[edit]

Ottawa, ontario.

NSERC Funding 2003: C$M 14,127

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 49

uOttawa research centres and institutes[edit]

Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics (CAREG)

Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation

Centre for Hazard Mitigation and Emergency Management

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minority Studies (CIRCEM)

Centre for Neural Dynamics

Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Centre for Research in Photonics

Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS)

Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology (CREM)

Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture

Centre on Governance

CGA Accounting Research Centre

CGA Tax Research Centre

Human Rights Research and Education Centre

Institute for the Prevention of Crime (IPC)

Institute of Canadian Studies

Institute of Population Health

Institute of the Environment

Institute for Science, Society and Policy

Institute of Women's Studies

Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society

University of Ottawa Centre for Neuromuscular Disease

Affiliated research institutes[edit]

Kidney Research Centre

Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI)

University of Ottawa Eye Institute

The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Children's Hospital of Eastern ontario Research Institute

Institute of Mental Health Research

Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute

University of Guelph[edit]

Guelph, ontario

Number of Canada Research Chairs - 39 UoG ranks 14th among the top 50 research universities in Canada, but is not a member of U15.[2]

Research Centres, Institutes and Groups[edit]

Guelph-Waterloo Center for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry (GWC2)

Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute (GWPI)

Advanced Analysis Centre

Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)

Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems Lab

Agri-Technology Commercialization Centre

Aquaculture Centre

AquaSanitas - A Centre for Water Safety and Security

Arboretum Gene Bank

Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology

Bioconversion Network

Biophysics Interdepartmental Group (BIG)

Biodiversity Institute of ontario

Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre

Business Development Office

Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare

Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitive Research Network

Canadian Arthritis Network Core Facility

Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre

Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network

Canadian Pollination Initiative

Canadian Research Institute in Food Safety (CRIFS)

Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability

Centre for Food and Soft Materials Science

Centre for the Genetic Improvement of Livestock

Centre for Land and Water Stewardship

Centre for Nutrition Modelling

Centre for Psychological Services

Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses

Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility

Couple and Family Therapy Centre

Electrochemical Technology Centre

Food Safety Network

Genomics Facility/Advanced Analysis Centre

Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC)

Guelph Transgenic Plant Research Complex

Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI)

Hagen Aqualab

Health and Performance Centre

Human Nutraceutical Research Unit

Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation

Institute for Robotics & Intelligent Systems

International Leadership Research Network

Laboratory Services

Landscape Architecture Community Outreach Centre

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems

Metals in the Human Environment Research Network

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre

Organization and Management Solution

Ontario Rural Wastewater Centre

Poultry Welfare Centre

Research Programs (U of G / OMAFRA enhanced partnership)

Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

TransCanada Institute

Urban Systems Environment Design Centre

Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Weather Innovation Centre

Networks of Centers of Excellence[edit]

New initiatives[edit]

Canadian Design Research Network - CDRN (2005–2007) - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia,

Canadian Obesity Network (2005–2009) - McMaster University, Hamilton, ontario,

Emerging Dynamic Global Economies - EDGE (2005–2007) - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ontario

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly - NICE (2005–2009) - University of Toronto, Toronto, ontario

Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network - PREVNet (2005–2009) - Queen's University, Kingston, ontario and York University, Toronto, ontario

Advanced technologies[edit]

Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations - CIPI (1999–2009) - Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec,

Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network - GEOIDE (1998–2009) - Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec,

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems - Mitacs (1998–2009) - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia

Engineering and Manufacturing

AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence (2000–2011) - University of Windsor, Windsor, ontario,

Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures - ISIS Canada (1995–2009) - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Health, Human Development and Biotechnology[edit]

Advanced Foods and Materials Network - AFMNet (2003–2010) - University of Guelph, Guelph, ontario

Allergy, Genes and Environment Network - AllerGen (2004–2009) - McMaster University, Hamilton, ontario

Canadian Arthritis Network - CAN (1998–2009) - Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ontario

Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network (2000–2008) - University of Western ontario, London, ontario

Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - CANVAC (1999–2007) - Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec

Canadian Stroke Network - CSN (1999–2010) - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ontario

PrioNet Canada (2005–2009) - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia

Stem Cell Network - SCN (2000–2011) - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ontario

Environment and Natural Resources[edit]

ArcticNet (2003–2010) - Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec

Canadian Water Network - CWN (2000–2011) - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ontario

Sustainable Forest Management Network - SFM (1995–2009) - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Notable university-related research organizations and projects[edit]

Domestic[edit]

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ontario

Organization for the theoretical study of gravity, quantum mechanics and cosmology

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - HQ, Toronto, ontario

A virtual institute for the study of cosmology, gravity, geology, biology, nanotechnology and other advanced scientific topics

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Sudbury, ontario

Underground observatory for the study of neutrinos

Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF) - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

Particle accelerator for the study of mesons

Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science (ROPOS)

Robotic study of Canada's Pacific ocean floor

Lithoprobe

Canada's largest earth sciences project involving researchers from universities, the private sector and the federal government.

Globec Canada

Project for the study of the effect of environmental change on ocean life.

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

A key medical research centre with a focus on cancer research, specifically the use of oncolytic viruses.

International[edit]

High Energy Physics - CERN (Geneva) the Large Hadron Collider and the Atlas Experiment

Canada's participation in the world's largest physics project coordinated by the TRIUMF Particle Physics Research Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

The Gemini Project

Canada's participation in the construction of large astronomical telescopes in Hawaii and Chile.

Canada and the Ocean Drilling Project

Canada's participation in an international programme studying the Earth's crust under the oceans.

The North Water Project

Canada's participation in an international project studying open water areas of the Arctic Ocean

Research and development expenditures in Canada by sector[edit]

Canadian Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) by Performing Sectors - 2006 Estimates, C$ Millions[3]

Business Enterprises: 14,850, 52.4%

Higher Education: 10,890, 38.4%

Federal Government: 2,145, 7.6%

Provincial Government: 345, 1.2%

Provincial Research Organizations: 127, 0.4%

Total: 28,357, 100.0%

Support organizations[edit]

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Ottawa, ontario (Federal government funding agency for Canadian university research)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada - Ottawa, ontario (Federal government funding agency for Canadian university research)

Canada Research Chair - Ottawa, ontario (Federal government funding agency for special Canadian university research staffing)

Canadian Foundation for Innovation - Ottawa, ontario (Federal government funding agency for research infrastructure for Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions)

CANARIE, Canadian Advanced Network and Research for Industry and Education

Foundations in Canada - This is a list of philanthropic organizations in Canada. A number of these organization make financial contributions to university research in Canada.