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Estimation of research and development expenditures in the higher education sector, 2005/2006
- Spending on research and development in the higher education sector, which includes all affiliated research hospitals, experimental stations and clinics, increased 5.1% from 2004/2005 to reach $9.5 billion in the fiscal year 2005/2006 (table 1-1 ).
- Higher education institutions, the largest contributors to research and development in this sector, increased their spending 5.1% from 2004/2005 to reach $4.4 billion (table 1-1 ).
- All fields of study saw increases in funding, with allocation of spending remaining stable among social sciences and humanities, health sciences and other natural sciences and engineering in 2005/2006 from the previous year (table 1-2 ).
- The Alberta government funded 19.0% of research and development performed by the province’s higher education institutions, the highest share of any province (table 1-3 ).
- The most aggressive increases in spending occurred in Newfoundland and Labrador (+ 28.4%) and New Brunswick (+13.7%) (table 1-3 ).
