UM leads Canada in not-for-profit research funding growth and corporate partnerships
New and expanded corporate partnerships in aerospace, agriculture and agri-food, healthcare and biotechnology
The University of Manitoba (UM) has recorded the highest not-for-profit research funding in its history and major increases in corporate partnerships, according to the newly released rankings from Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2025.
“Faculty have rallied around a new Strategic Research Plan that is based in part on diversification of funding sources,” said Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International).
In 2023-24, UM received $96 million in research dollars from not-for-profit organizations, an increase of 39 per cent. Highlights included significant investments from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand maternal and child health services in Africa, and Genome Canada to conduct the largest-ever genomics study in Manitoba to detect and treat chronic and genetic diseases.
