Record Increase in Sponsored Research Makes UPEI #7 in Canada
Sponsored research income at the University of Prince Edward Island totalled $12.7 million in 2006, up a substantial 30.1 per cent over the previous year. UPEI's research accomplishments have placed the University in seventh position out of 20 primarily undergraduate universities across the country. It is the only university from the Maritimes that ranked in the top ten of the undergraduate category.
The figures have just been published in Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List 2007 prepared by Research Infosource Inc., Canada's premier source of R&D information. The report is based on statistics from 69 universities across the country.
"The Research Infosource report is a public way of recognizing what researchers, administrators, graduates, and students at UPEI already know: that our University has become a significant player in the development of new knowledge in our province, our region, and across Canada," says Dr. Katherine Schultz, Vice-President, Research Development at UPEI. "Our students and faculty are engaged in dynamic research projects that really matter to our society."
Researchers at UPEI are exploring a multitude of issues that touch us all, including human and animal health, milk quality, literacy and learning, small islands, watershed integrity, and the development and health of children and youth. They are contributing to discoveries related to school health, immigration, stroke, infectious diseases in marine life, cultural engagement, invasive species, animal movement, “green” chemistry,” and learning in a virtual environment.
