Scholarly Activity DatabaseResearch & Scholarly Activity at VIU
Fast Facts, Fiscal Year 2008-2009
Student-Related
- $ 425,704.14 – the amount of funds given to students for research awards and salaries.
- 165 – number of students hired as a result of research activities at VIU.
- 50 - number of students who received research scholarships, awards & internships, counting internal and external funds.
- 2 - number of students granted an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) (of 3 submitted). The CGS is offered to the top-ranked applicants at each level (master’s and doctoral) and the next tier of meritorious applicants are offered an NSERC PGS.
General External Research Facts and Figures
- $ 1,993,849- Total research funding received in 2008/2009 (not including endowments).
- $ 450,479 - Funds put into building research capacity.
- $ 321,568 - Contracts.
- $ 677,125 - Operating funds received.
- $ 544,677 - Infrastructure (facilities and equipment) funding received.
- $ 3,182,630 - Total Research Chairs Endowment (established in 2005).
- Research Chairs:
- Canada Research Chair, Dr. Grant Murray, CRC in Coastal Resource Management
- One CRC nomination underway.
- One new CRC allocation to be filled
- BC Regional Innovation Chair, Dr. Nicole Vaugeois, Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development
- BC Regional Innovation Chair in Aboriginal Early Childhood Development nomination underway.
Research Capital |
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As of December 8, 2008 |
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Institutional |
Endowment |
Buildings and |
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Capacity Building |
Equipment |
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1999/2000 |
$498,600 |
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2000/2001 |
$101,400 |
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2001/2002 |
$100,000 |
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2002/2003 |
$53,686 |
$3,051,488 |
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2003/2004 |
$103,607 |
$174,000 |
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2004/2005 |
$288,403 |
$2,415,360 |
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2005/2006 |
$452,314 |
$3,287,611 |
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2006/2007 |
$488,619 |
$192,271 |
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2007/2008 |
$418,767 |
$1,250,000 |
$237,433 |
2008/2009 |
$445,480 |
$2,500,000 |
$544,677 |
Totals |
$2,250,876 |
$3,750,000 |
$10,602,840 |
Archived Fast Facts
Updated
June 1, 2009