Financing Research in the Arts: UofA, UBC, SFU

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Financing Researchin the Arts UofA, UBC, SFU

• André Plourde
• Department of Economics
• Funding Conundrums Arts and Money in the 21st
  Century
• Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta
• 3 March 2008

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• Primary sources for all data used
• UofA Data Book
• http//www.ualberta.ca/IDO/databook/
• UBC Office of Research Services
• http//www.orsil.ubc.ca/stats/index.htm
• SFU Office of Research Services
• http//www.sfu.ca/ors/stats.html
• Thanks to Fedja Lazarevis for research
  assistance.
• Responsibility for all errors rests with me.

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In 2006-07, Arts generated 7.1 million in
external research funding, or 1.7 of UofA total.
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In 2006-07, Arts has 317.7 FTE faculty
members, or 20.7 of the UofA total.
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In 2006-07, Arts generated 3.7 of UofAs total
external research Funding (excluding the Faculty
of Medicine and Oral Health Sciences).
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In 2006-07, Arts had 24.4 of the UofAs total
FTE faculty members (excluding the Faculty of
Medicine and Oral Health Sciences).
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Arts at UBC and Arts Social Sciences at SFU
include all of Psychology 2006-07 unusual
very large entry under Other grants for UBC
Arts Overall, external research funding for
Faculty of Arts smallest at UofA
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In 2002-03, UofA Arts about 75 of UBC Arts
about 66 in 2006-07 In 2003-04, about 20 larger
than SFU Arts Social Sciences about 10
larger in 2005-06UofA Arts getting relatively
smaller
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Note rising trend at UBC vs. flatter trend at
UofA UBC Artss unusual year in 2006-07 makes it
hard to compare trends sodrop UBC 2006-07

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NOTE scale change UofA Arts external research
grant per FTE faculty member has fallen relative
to those at UBC (63 in 2002-03 vs. 36 in
2005-06) and SFU (111 in 2003-04 vs. 68 in
2005-06)
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SSHRC-A Business, Education, Law Univ-Arts
University total Medicine OHS Arts Average
grant per FTE Arts faculty member about 10 of
(Univ-Arts) Gap closing with (SSHRC-A) now
about 70
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Excluding 2006-07, Arts funding per FTE faculty
member about 20 that of (Univ-Arts) and greater
than (SSHRC-A) by about 20 How much of this is
due to Psychology?
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Have to include Native Studies with Arts at UofA,
for relative gap with UBC to get smaller between
2002-03 and 2005-06 Otherwise relative gap with
(SSHRC-A) almost exactly the same in 2005-06 as
in 2002-03 (49.8 vs. 50.4)
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NOTE 2006-07 unusual for Arts large Other
revenues Arts is much more dependent on SSHRC
for research funding than other faculties are
with respect to their major council
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Overall, this remains true even after provincial
funding is excluded Exception is Engineering,
which is as dependent on NSERC in (unusual for
Arts) 2006-07NOTE that dependence of (SSHRC-A)
on SSHRC is falling
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Last Words

• Arts as share of (Univ Medicine OHS) in
  2006-07
• 24.4 of FTE faculty members
• 3.7 of total external research grants
• External research funding per FTE faculty member
  in Arts
• In 2005-06, 50 of UBC 66 of SFU levels
• In 2006-07, 70 of (SSHRC-A) 10 of (Univ-A)
  levels
• Role of Psychology?
• Within UofA, tend to be more dependent on SSHRC
  than other faculties are on their major Council
• Even when adjusted for lack of provincial Arts
  funding
• With exception of Engineering/NSERC in 2006-07