Research and development resources
Here are some organizations that focus on the area of research and development and encourage leading-edge researchers across Canada and around the world to work collaboratively.
Canadian Institute For Advanced Research: www.ciar.ca
National Research Council Canada: www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Q Whose responsibility should it be to fund basic
medical research?
A I think the answer is government, but not everyone
agrees. I gave a talk to a Rotary Club on the benefits
of basic medical research in which I lamented the fact
that the Bush administration was shortchanging medical
research funding at U.S. universities. An audience
member challenged my premise and asked, "Isn't the job
of funding medical research a responsibility of the
pharmaceutical industry and, if so, why should
government do it?"
China has increased its spending on research and
development from $20 billion to $90 billion between
2002 and 2007. Over the same period, Canada increased
its spending from $23 billion to $27 billion and
Ontario increased it from $10.4 billion to $12.5
billion.
Source: Nature Publishing, Statistics Canada
Source: Nature Publishing, Statistics Canada
