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LU tops for research income among Canadian undergrad universities

Our local university raised $32M in research funds last year
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Laurentian University tops the list of research income among undergraduate research universities in rankings of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities compiled by Research Infosource Inc.

The rankings show Laurentian raised $32 million in research funds in fiscal 2017.

Laurentian also demonstrated the largest research income growth for the year in the undergraduate university category. Its research income jumped by 36.8 per cent, while the national average for growth stood at 6.8 per cent.

This year, Research Infosource spotlighted university research partnerships—measured by grants or contracts received from corporate and not-for profit sources from 2013 to 2017. Laurentian University earned top honours in the undergraduate category for corporate research income growth.

Laurentian also earned the second-best ranking in terms of research intensity per graduate student.

Overall, Laurentian University ranks No. 28 out of the top 50 undergraduate, comprehensive, and doctoral/graduate institutions across the country. That is up two spots since last year and five spots since 2016.

“Laurentian will continue to build on its research base, pushing the boundaries to increase knowledge,” said interim vice-president, research, Rizwan Haq.

“Our research income growth is a testament to the excellence of our researchers in their respective fields.”

“Laurentian’s success in research and innovation has been steadily growing for years,” said interim Laurentian president Pierre Zundel. 

“We are extremely proud to be celebrating this accomplishment for another year and we will continue to excel in this manner.”

View the complete Top 50 Research Universities List of 2018.
 


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