Canada Research Chair
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Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) are Canadian university research professorships created through the Canada Research Chairs Program.
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[edit] Program goals
The program, established in 2000, is an integral part of a Government of Canada plan to drive Canadian research and development excellence, to create world-class centres of research and to enhance Canada's competitiveness in the global knowledge-based economy. Through the CRC program, $300 million is spent annually to attract and retain outstanding scholars and scientists.
Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences. They improve Canadians’ depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen the country’s international competitiveness, and help train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching, and the coordination of other researchers’ work.[1]
[edit] Types of chairs
There are two types of Canada Research Chair:
Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable indefinitely, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. For each Tier 1 Chair, the university receives $200,000 annually for seven years.
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the university receives $100,000 annually for five years.
[edit] Chair allocations
The number of CRCs allocated to a university is proportional to the amount of research grant funding that university has received in the three years prior to the year of the allocation. Grant funding must originate from the three federal granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC).
Of the total 2000 Chairs, 1880 are regular allocations, distributed as follows:
- 846 Chairs (45 per cent) for research in natural sciences and engineering;
- 658 Chairs (35 per cent) for research in health sciences;
- 376 Chairs (20 per cent) for research in social sciences and humanities.
The program sets aside a special allocation of 120 Chairs for universities that have received one per cent or less of the total funding paid out by the three federal granting agencies over the preceding three years.
Roughly 66% of Chairs are allocated to member institutions of the G13, a group of the top research-intensive universities in Canada.
| Institution | # of Chairholders | |
|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie University | 50 | |
| McGill University | 139 | |
| McMaster University | 67 | |
| Queen's University | 54 | |
| The University of British Columbia | 147 | |
| The University of Western Ontario | 64 | |
| Université de Montréal | 103 | |
| Université Laval | 81 | |
| University of Alberta | 97 | |
| University of Calgary | 73 | |
| University of Ottawa | 53 | |
| University of Toronto | 253 | |
| University of Waterloo | 50 |
Other universities participating in the CRC Program are: Acadia University, Algoma University College, Athabasca University, Bishop's University, Brandon University, Brock University, Cape Breton University, Carleton University, Concordia University, École des Hautes Études Commerciales, University College of the Fraser Valley, University of Guelph, Collège universitare de Hearst, Lakehead University, Laurentian University, University of Lethbridge, Malaspina University-College, University of Manitoba, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Université de Moncton, Mount Allison University, Mount Saint Vincent University, University of New Brunswick, Nipissing University, University of Northern British Columbia, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, École Polytechnique de Montréal, University of Prince Edward Island, École de technologie supérieure, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Université de Québec à Chicoutimi, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, University of Regina, Royal Roads University, Royal Military College of Canada, Ryerson University, Université Sainte-Anne, Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, St. Francis Xavier University, Saint Mary's University, St. Thomas University, University of Saskatchewan, Université de Sherbrooke, Simon Fraser University, Thompson Rivers University, Trent University, Trinity Western University, University of Victoria, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Windsor, University of Winnipeg and York University.
[edit] List of Canada Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chairs Program maintains an online database of profiles of each chairholder, which include detailed descriptions of each of their research projects.[2]
A sample list of chairholders also exists on wikipedia.
[edit] The Canada Research Chairs Insignia
On March 27, 2008, the Government of Canada's Ministry of Industry, as well as the presidents of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research presented each chairholder with a Canada Research Chair insignia[3] at a national celebration of the program held at the Université du Québec en Outaouais in Gatineau, Québec. The lapel pin is made of sterling silver, symbolizes the pursuit of knowledge and research excellence and is available exclusively to chairholders. As of November 2007, there are 1,851[4]Canada Research Chairs. Seventy Canadian universities are participating in the program.
