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Spending on research and development in the higher education sector 2007/2008

  1. Spending on research and development (R&D) by higher education institutions such as universities and affiliated research hospitals, experimental stations and clinics, amounted to $10.2 billion in current dollars in 2007/2008 (table 1).
  2. In 2002 constant dollars, this was $8.8 billion, up 2.7% from the previous year and 85% above the level in 1998/1999 (table 1).
  3. Of six funding sectors, higher education institutions themselves continued as the largest contributors to R&D done by this sector (45% of total funding in 2007/2008). They spent $4.6 billion in current dollars, up 3.1% from the previous year. The second largest contributor was the federal government, which provided $2.7 billion or 27% of total funding (table 1).
  4. The higher education sector spent $2.1 billion in current dollars in the social sciences and humanities field in 2007/2008, up 7.9% from 2006/2007. Spending on natural sciences and engineering (including health sciences) stood at $8.1 billion, up 5.3% (table 2, 5, 6, 7) .
  5. Ontario and Quebec combined provided 68% of total R&D spending of the higher education sector (table 3).