Once again, we surveyed our members about their research activity to track the evolution of applied research at colleges and institutes, and support our advocacy efforts. Our latest report was launched in November and shows that colleges and institutes continue to play a fundamental role in supporting innovation in all sectors of the economy and across Canada.
Highlights from the report:
Colleges and institutes reported over 7300 research partnerships, the majority with SMEs. This led to more than 4400 new processes, products, prototypes and services, the large majority of which were completed within one year.
partnerships by type
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64%
private sector SMEs (< 500 employees)
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13%
private sector large enterprises (< 500 employees)
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12%
not-for-profit
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11%
government
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0.5%
international
87%
projects completed
in under a year
13%
projects completed
in over a year
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prototypes
2119 199
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products
884 142
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processes
481 118
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services
336 124