Competition 1 statistics on applications
The following tables display statistics on the full proposals submitted to inaugural Competition 1 of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, held in 2015.
| Funding requests |
|
Number received |
Amount requested |
| Total |
Average |
Lowest |
Highest |
Full proposals
(Parts A and B combined) |
36 |
$2,187,379,491 |
$60,763,198 |
$2,406,400 |
$207,680,000 |
Institutional strategy
(Part A) |
36 |
$191,407,826 |
$5,319,384 |
$0 |
$32,940,000 |
Scientific strategy
(Part B) |
42 |
$1,995,977,315 |
$47,523,269 |
$582,000 |
$113,260,000 |
| Number of scientific strategies per full proposal |
|
Number of scientific strategies (Part B) |
| One Part B |
Two Part Bs |
Three Part Bs |
| Number of full proposals |
31 |
4 |
1 |
| Average request |
$51,850,891 |
$88,066,600 |
$123,360,000 |
| Alignment with priority research areas |
|
Number of scientific strategies* |
Environment and Agriculture |
17 |
40% |
Health and Life Sciences |
13 |
31% |
Natural Resources and Energy |
14 |
33% |
Information and Communications Technologies |
12 |
29% |
Advanced Manufacturing |
11 |
26% |
* Proposals could align with more than one priority research area.
| Number of scientific strategies (Part B) per priority research area review panel |
| Target area |
No. of scientific strategies |
|
Environment and Agriculture |
11 |
Health and Life Sciences |
10 |
Natural Resources and Energy |
9 |
Information and Communications Technologies* |
6 |
Advanced Manufacturing* |
6 |
* Proposals that fell under the target areas for Information and Communications Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing were reviewed by a combined panel.
Competition 1 statistics on Notice of intent
The following tables display statistics on the notices of intent (NOIs) submitted to inaugural Competition 1 of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, held in 2015.
| Funding requests |
|
Number received |
Amount requested |
| Total |
Average |
Lowest |
Highest |
NOI
(Parts A and B combined) |
43 |
$2,558,258,147 |
$59,494,376 |
$2,405,250 |
$203,390,000 |
Institutional strategy
(Part A) |
43 |
$206,754,259 |
$4,808,239 |
$0 |
$33,000,000 |
Scientific strategy
(Part B) |
61 |
$2,351,503,888 |
$38,549,244 |
$582,000 |
$120,000,000 |
| Number of scientific strategies per notice of intent |
|
Number of scientific strategies (Part B) |
| One Part B |
Two Part Bs |
Three Part Bs |
Four Part Bs |
| Number of NOIs |
31 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
| Average request |
$54,927,604 |
$85,146,595 |
$55,956,563 |
$35,650,000 |
| Degree of alignment with science, technology and innovation strategy priority research areas (based on applicant self-assessment) |
|
Number and percentage of scientific strategies aligning |
| Fully |
Partially |
Combined |
Environment and Agriculture |
26 |
43% |
15 |
25% |
41 |
67% |
Health and Life Sciences |
18 |
30% |
22 |
36% |
40 |
66% |
Natural Resources and Energy |
18 |
30% |
22 |
36% |
40 |
66% |
Information and Communications Technologies |
17 |
28% |
21 |
34% |
38 |
62% |
Advanced Manufacturing |
16 |
26% |
21 |
34% |
37 |
61% |
| Number of scientific strategies (Part Bs) that “align fully” with science, technology and innovation strategy priority research areas (based on applicant self-assessment) |
| No strategic areas |
One strategic area |
Two strategic areas |
Three strategic areas |
Four strategic areas |
Five strategic areas |
| 2 |
32 |
19 |
7 |
1 |
0 |