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Spending on research and development in the higher education sector
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Spending on research and development in the higher education sector amounted to $9.6 billion (current dollars) in the fiscal year 2006/2007.
The higher education sector includes affiliated research hospitals, experimental stations and clinics. Social sciences and humanities accounted for 20% of the total, health sciences 39%, and other natural sciences the remaining 41%.
Higher education institutions themselves were the largest contributors, funding $4.4 billion or 46% of the total. The second largest contributor was the federal government, funding $2.5 billion, or 26% of the total.
| Research and development expenditures in the higher education sector by funding sector | ||||||
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2006/2007 | ||||||
| Social sciences and humanities | Health sciences | Other natural sciences and engineering | Total | |||
| millions of current dollars | ||||||
| Funding sector | ||||||
| Federal government | 401.2 | 938.7 | 1,147.6 | 2,487.5 | ||
| Provincial governments | 198.5 | 297.8 | 496.4 | 992.7 | ||
| Business enterprises | 32.8 | 341.5 | 433.9 | 808.2 | ||
| Higher education | 1,132.2 | 1,669.6 | 1,632.4 | 4,434.2 | ||
| Private non-profit organisations | 144.5 | 485.6 | 145.5 | 775.7 | ||
| Foreign | 0.0 | 50.3 | 75.4 | 125.7 | ||
| Total | 1,909.3 | 3,783.6 | 3,931.3 | 9,624.1 | ||
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