CIHR funding pressures resulting from high impact health infrastructure investments : Pressions financières exercées sur les IRSC par les investissements d'infrastructure à impact élevé en santé

Researchers in high impact health projects report that the greatest impact of the projects on new funding occurs with the traditional sources, particularly federal and provincial granting agencies and the institutions that host the projects. [...] The demand for research has increased as a result and is continuing to increase.ii High impact infrastructure projects have contributed significantly to the ability to do research in Canada, to recruitment and retention of top scientists and to the evolution of research methods. [...] Page 1 CIHR Study of Funding Pressures from High Impact Health Infrastructure Objectives The objectives of the project were to develop an approach and, if feasible, initial estimates to understand the effects of high-cost, large impact infrastructure investments on the following areas: 1. The nature of research plans by institutions that have received funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation [...] The distribution of funding for 31 high impact health projects at the University of British Columbia indicates 32% of total funding for construction and the remainder for equipment and renovations (Figure 4). [...] Additional analyses of the data on degree of utilization would enhance understanding of the amount of research these projects will be able to produce in future, and the amount of funding that will be required to support research teams who will carry out that research.