Presentation made to the ACCT Conference 2008 Daniel Hubert Michelle Gauthier November 24, 2008...

Presentation made to the ACCT Conference 2008Daniel Hubert

Michelle GauthierNovember 24, 2008

Canadian Universities’ Research and Knowledge Mobilization Performance

Beyond Tripling

Momentum | The 2008 report on university research and knowledge mobilization 2

The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

• Representing Canada’s universities at home and abroad since 1911

• Membership: Executive Heads of 94 public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges

• Mandate:– Facilitate the development of public policy on higher

education and university research– Liaise with the federal government on university funding and

policy priorities– Encourage cooperation among universities, government,

industry and communities as well as with international partners


Canadian universities’ commercialization performance: Beyond tripling

Presentation outline• R&D investments and activities• Drivers of change and key policy questions• Benefits from university research and knowledge

mobilization

• The way forward

R&D investments and activities


The private sector, the federal government and universities are the main funders of research in Canada

UNIVERSITIES

NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR

FOREIGN SOURCES

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

$13,840 M (47.8%)

$1,482 M (5.1%)

$2,618 M (9.0%)

$849 M (2.9%)

$4,758 M (16.4%)

$5,437 M (18.8%)

$29 billion

Source: Statistics Canada.

Funders of research, 2007



All domestic funders of research have increased their investments, though the overall rate of growth has slowed significantly since 2001

Investments in research by funding sector, 1993-2007

0

4,000

8,000

12,000

16,000

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Federal governmentUniversitiesForeign sourcesProvincial governmentsNot-for-profit sector

OVERALL RESEARCH INVESTMENTS

14

18

22

26

301

99

3

19

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19

97

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Research activities, by performing sector, 1993-2007

0

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000

12,500

15,000

17,500

1993

1994

1995

1996

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Private sectorUniversitiesFederal governmentProvincial governmentsNot-for-profit sector


Private sector and university research activities contributed most significantly to the increase in Canada’s overall research performance


* Or most recent data.

Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators 2008/1.

Canada’s GERD to GDP ratio has not kept pace with increases observed in leading competitor countries

GERD to GDP, 1996 and 2006*

3.73

3.45 3.393.23

2.92.78

2.622.53 2.45 2.43

2.111.94

1.83 1.78 1.78

0

0.5

1

1.5

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OECD 1996OECD 2006

1.65


Compared to many countries, universities in Canada perform more of the country’s R&D

Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators 2008/1.

Percentage of overall research performed by the private sector and universities, 2006*

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Canada US UK OECD

Private sector

Universities


Funding sources of research performed by universities, 2007


$ Millions

Federal, $2,787

Provincial, $1,067

Private sector, $881

Not-for-profit sector, $813Foreign sources, $127

Total: $10.433 billion

In 2007, an estimated $10.4 billion was invested in university research

External funding

attracted by universities

$5,675(54.4%)

Internal funding

allocated by universities

$4,758(45.6%)


External funding sources of research performed by universities,1993-2007

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

1993

1994

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FederalProvincialPrivate sectorNot-for-profit sectorForeign sources


TOTAL EXTERNAL FUNDING

2

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4

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19

93

19

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19

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All sectors increased their investments in university research over the last 15 years, most notably the federal government

Drivers of change and key policy questions


Five drivers of change

• Heightened recognition worldwide of the critical links between university R&D and prosperity/quality of life

• Global race to attract and retain research talent and highly qualified university graduates

• Growing costs and complexity of the university research enterprise

• Increased emphasis on measuring the impact of university R&D

• Strong impetus to partner across institutional, sectoral and geographic boundaries


Universities’ R&D partnerships

• University-private sector research collaboration

• University-government research collaboration

• University-community research collaboration

• Universities’ international research collaboration

• Rationale for the collaboration

• Breadth and depth of the collaboration

• Programs and mechanisms to support the collaboration


University-private sector research collaboration

• $6.5 billion invested in university research over the last 10 years

• 6,000 research contracts valued at $370 million• 25 university research and science parks house more than

750 hi-tech companies and research centres, employing more than 39,000 people and contributing over $3.8 billion annually to the national economy

• 934 Canadian scientific articles in the natural and health sciences and in engineering involved authors from both universities and the private sector

• More than 2,000 students pursue industrial internships with private sector companies every year


Toward better collaboration with all sectors

•Mutual understanding and respect•Recognition of roles and responsibilities•Governance and decision-making•Sharing the costs of research•Incentives and rewards for faculty


Federal support for the four foundational elements of university research

• Public investments in university research focus on four interrelated, foundational elements:– Developing, attracting and retaining highly qualified research

talent (people)– Putting in place and operating cutting edge research

infrastructure and facilities (infrastructure and facilities)– Producing new ideas (direct costs of research)– Providing institutional support for the research effort (institutional

costs of research)

• Key policy question: What is the appropriate mix and level of investments in university research?

Benefits from university research and knowledge

mobilization


People educated in a research-rich environment

• Mobilization of information, insights, theories, methods, skills, informed opinions and culture

• Development of skills conducive to entrepreneurship• Responsiveness and adaptability of the workforce• Generation of economic and social value for individuals and

society at large

While university graduates made up about 22 percent of the population aged 25 to 64 in 2006, they accounted for 34 percent of

earnings, contributed 40 percent of the income tax base and received only 13 percent of the direct government transfers to individuals


Knowledge generated and disseminated

• Knowledge repositories and archives• Breakthroughs in fundamental knowledge• Publications and citations• International prizes and fellowships• Global research talent

While Canada accounts for only one half of one percent of the world’s population, its publications accounted for 4.7 percent of the world total in 2005, resulting in an eighth place ranking in the world


Innovations Fuelled

• Commercialization of university research• New products and processes• New services, policies and public sector applications• New ways of thinking and behaving

With a cumulative economic impact of at least $60 billion in 2007, as well as its wider impact on Canadian society and culture, university research is a critical driver of prosperity and quality of life in Canada


History of the tripling target

• Federal innovation strategy• Framework of agreed principles between AUCC and the government of

Canada• Creation of an ad hoc committee to develop the indicator

– Vice-presidents, research– Directors of technology transfer offices or industry liaison offices– AUCC staff

The tripling target: A political marker of universities’ engagement in commercialization


Commercialization contextual indicators

1999 2006 1999 to 2006 increase

Operational expenditures on IP management ($ Millions)

22.0 42.5 93.2%

Disclosures 893 1,356 51.8%

New patent applications 656 1,442 119.8%

Number of spin-offs 718 1,068 48.7%

New licenses 232 437 88.4%

Value of industrial research contracts

($ Millions)153.8 370.5 140.9%

Source: Statistics Canada and AUCC calculations.

Universities are increasing their commercialization capacity

Base for the tripling target (1999): $23.4 MCurrent level (2006): $54 M

Target (2010): $70.2 M


Example of a new product

New drug delays progression of MS

• BioMS is a spin-off firm that was created via the University of Alberta’s technology transfer office based on research at the university’s Multiple Sclerosis Patient Care and Research Clinic

• This research unit has developed a new drug that has shown to delay median time to disease progression in MS patients by five years, by targeting a gene that is found in approximately 75 percent of MS patients worldwide

• In Canada alone, MS affects 75,000 people• This has resulted in one of the largest pharmaceutical deals ever

seen in Canada – worth as much as $500 million, plus royalties on sales of the product if successful


Example of a new process

Modest research contract

The University of Western Ontario undertook a modest research contract to create a nozzle that would improve the efficiency of fluid cokers, a processing unit used in the oil refinery industry to produce synthetic crude oil

=Millions saved annually

None of this wealth creation is formally attributed to the university in national statistics on contract research or commercialization


Example of a new way of thinking and behaving

PREVNet

• Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet), a coalition of Canadians concerned about bullying

• Includes experts from 26 Canadian universities and 42 national organizations

According to a 2004 study, approximately 12% of girls and 18% of boys reported bullying others at least twice in previous months, whereas 15% of girls and 18% of boys reported being victimized at least twice over the

same time period

The impact of initiatives such as PREVNet on bullyingis immeasurable


The way forward

• How do we improve national indicators to measure commercialization and research impacts more broadly?

• How can you better communicate the value-add of TTOs and ILOs internally and externally?

• What role should TTOs and ILOs play in filling the gap between research discoveries and their applications?

Thank you

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