UBC Reports | Vol. 47 | No. 03 | Feb. 8, 2001

Research Facts

UBC received $166 million in research funding in 1999-2000.

UBC conducts 4,000 research projects annually.

UBC ranked first in Canada for federal funding received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in 1999.

Both Fine Arts Prof. Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe and History Prof. Mark Phillips in the Faculty of Arts earned Guggenheim Awards in 1999/2000. The awards are one of the most prestigious awards given in the humanities.

UBC and its affiliated teaching hospitals ranked first in Canada in 1999 for amount of research funding awarded -- $68 million -- by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

UBC ranks second in the country for number of fellows in the Royal Society of Canada, a national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars that promotes learning and research in the arts and sciences. The university is home to 142 fellows out of 1290 in Canada.

UBC ranks second in Canadian universities for Steacie Fellowships - Canada's top award for outstanding scientists and engineers. UBC received 2.7 awards for every 100 full-time faculty.

UBC ranks first in Canada for the number of faculty who received Canada-U.S. Fulbright Canadian fellowships from 1991-1999. UBC has six Canadian fellows out of a total of 46 in Canada.

UBC ranks among the top 10 universities in North America for the number of spin-off companies created. UBC research has created 97 spin-off companies that employ more than 2,400 people.