Canada’s Best Universities by Medical/Science Grants: Rankings 2023

These figures show the average size and number of peer-adjudicated research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research won by faculty at each school. The dollar amount of grants is listed per full-time faculty member; the number of grants is per 100 full-time faculty members.

Medical Doctoral

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Toronto	1	333,999	252.84
Ottawa	2	172,197	147.27
McMaster	3	168,556	129.92
McGill	4	144,856	135.38
UBC	5	139,836	128.43
Alberta	6	125,207	134.28
Queen’s	7	112,332	133.59
Montréal	8	117,987	116.57
Western	9	105,714	120.41
Laval	10	112,790	107.04
Calgary	11	98,341	96.09
Manitoba	12	74,673	83.78
Saskatchewan	13	73,691	79.3
Dalhousie	14	72,458	75.91
Sherbrooke	15	50,049	56.56

Comprehensive

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Victoria	1	101,689	147.22
Simon Fraser	2	103,233	135.58
Waterloo	3	94,281	137.64
York	4	71,580	115.21
Carleton	5	60,055	115.51
Wilfrid Laurier	6	50,036	113.33
Windsor	7	57,636	103.48
UQAM	8	54969	103.54
Guelph	9	63,950	93.29
Concordia	10	52,139	93.18
Brock	11	40,443	92.59
Regina	12	39,921	88.24
Toronto Metropolitan	13	43,803	81.45
New Brunswick	14	40,148	83.82
Memorial	15	30,757	54.89

Primarily Undergraduate

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Lethbridge	1	64,792	106.45
Winnipeg	2	67,053	101.85
Ontario Tech	3	40,456	102.38
Mount Allison	4	41,727	96.97
Saint Mary’s	5	40,878	90.74
Trent	6	31,903	86.11
UNBC	7	35,648	66.67
Lakehead	8	32,971	64.67
Bishop’s	9	27,950	62.96
St. Francis Xavier	10	21,688	61.11
Laurentian	11	26,093	44.22
Mount Saint Vincent	12	28,742	39.39
Acadia	13	20,757	47.62
Nipissing	14	15,970	46.67
Moncton	15	13,741	39.02
Brandon	16	12,110	37.04
Cape Breton	17	16,150	28.21
UPEI	18	9,801	29.63
St. Thomas *	-	N/A	N/A

* St. Thomas is exempted from this indicator as it does not offer science programs. Its overall score is calculated on the remaining indicators.

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