Research in Numbers

Total Research Funding at Western and Affiliates: 2016-2021

Indicator 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Western $200,278,121 $214,272,835 $198,519,236 $183,810,311 $203,245,426
Affiliates $49,482,877 $49,492,081 $48,446,653 $52,297,470 $64,333,631
Total $249,760,998 $263,764,916 $246,965,889 $236,107,781 $267,579,057

Tri-Council Research Funding (Western only): 2016-2021

Council 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
NSERC $23,344,050 $24,910,168 $26,738,497 $26,651,721 $25,098,33
CIHR $26,484,748 $21,696,308 $23,534,589 $23,170,223 $27,615,850
SSHRC $5,859,500 $5,563,893 $6,756,018 $6,319,100 $7,001,689

City-Wide Technology Transfer: 2016-2021

Indicator 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Licensing Income $4.8M $4.2M $5.8M $6.4M $7.6M
Invention Disclosures 71 50 63 41 58
US Patents Issued 15 16 14 20 9