Competition 3 statistics

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Competition 3 statistics on applications stage

The following tables show statistics about the applications submitted to Competition 3 (2022) of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Funding requests
	Number	Amount requested
		Total	Average
Applications	26	$3,261,342,216	$125,436,239

 

Funding awarded
	Number	Amount requested
		Total	Average
Awards	11	$1,381,041,254	$125,549,205

 

Alignment with the Science, Technology and Innovation Priorities for the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program and the Canada First Research Excellence Fund*
Challenge area	Applications per challenge area, before adjudication (26 applications)		Awards per challenge area, after adjudication (11 initiatives)
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Healthy Canadians	15	58%	7	64%
Innovative and Resilient Communities	18	69%	8	73%
Sustainable Food Systems	1	4%	0	0%
Clean and Resource-Rich Canada	13	50%	5	46%
Technologically Advanced Canada	19	73%	9	82%
* Includes all selected challenge areas.

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Competition 3 statistics on Letter of Intent stage

The following tables show statistics about the letters of intent (LOIs) submitted to Competition 3 (2022) of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Funding requests
	Number	Amount requested
		Total	Average
LOI	33	$3,560,634,757	$107,898,023

Alignment with the Science, Technology and Innovation Priorities for the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program and the Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Challenge area	Number of LOIs per challenge area*
	Number	Percentage
Healthy Canadians	15	45%
Innovative and Resilient Communities	22	67%
Sustainable Food Systems	6	18%
Clean and Resource-Rich Canada	19	58%
Technologically Advanced Canada	23	70%
* Includes all selected challenge areas.