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Why is Canada so miserly in funding academic research?

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January 17, 2024

Inadequate federal funding of academic research has triggered a brain drain of talent and threatens Canada’s future prosperity, writes Ed McCauley, president of the University of Calgary.

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Organizations:	Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System, Government of Canada, National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Statistics Canada, U.S. federal government, and University of Calgary
People:	Ed McCauley and Yoshua Bengio
Topics:	"Bouchard report", brain drain of talent from Canada, Canada Graduate Scholarships, competing in high-growth sectors of the future economy, decline in federal spending on university science and research, inadequate federal funding for academic research, insufficient federal funding for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, need to invest in fundamental research, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, U.S. Chips and Science Act, and University of Calgary's strategic plan

Why is Canada so miserly in funding academic research?

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