Research

The U of M has been at the centre of research in Manitoba for more than a century – from the development of canola and advances in wireless communication to exploring the frontiers of global climate change and HIV/AIDS discoveries. The University of Manitoba:

• was awarded a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change
• currently holds 48 Canada Research Chairs
• is home to or partner in 40 research centres, institutes and shared facilities that foster collaborative research and scholarship
• is an active member in 11 Networks of Centres of Excellences (NCE) of Canada

Research Infosource ranks the U of M 12th in “Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2010.” For 2009/2010, University of Manitoba sponsored research income was $164.4 million.

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) is one of Canada’s most productive intellectual asset programs generating royalty income equal to 1.3% of the university’s research base.

In 2009/10 TTO generated 19 new alliances, filed 52 patent applications, and produced 73 invention disclosures.