In 2024–2025, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,589,299. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Planned Brock University RSF Expenditures, 2024-2025” depicting the planned expenditures for Brock University RSF for the fiscal year 2024-2025. The chart highlights five categories: Management & Administration ($1,657,151), Intellectual Property ($486,788), Regulatory Requirements & Accreditations ($209,733), Research Facilities ($111,341), and Research Resources ($124,286). Each category is represented by a distinct color segment, with the largest portion allocated to Management & Administration.

In 2023–2024, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,542,608. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Planned Brock University RSF Expenditures, 2023-2024” depicting the planned expenditures for Brock University RSF for the fiscal year 2023-2024. The chart highlights five categories: Management & Administration ($1,601,843), Intellectual Property ($483,096), Regulatory Requirements & Accreditations ($213,579), Research Facilities ($114,417), and Research Resources ($129,673). Each category is represented by a distinct color segment, with the largest portion allocated to Management & Administration.

In 2022–2023, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,466,645. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Brock University RSF Expenditures, 2022-2023” depicting Brock University’s RSF expenditures for 2022-2023. The chart includes segments for Management & Administration ($1,578,653), Intellectual Property ($443,996), Regulatory Requirements & Accreditations ($217,065), Research Facilities ($118,399), and Research Resources ($108,532). Each segment is colour-coded for clarity.

In 2021–2022, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,279,257. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Brock University RSF Expenditures, 2021-2022” depicting Brock University RSF expenditures for 2021-2022, highlighting various categories: Management & Administration in blue ($1,413,139), Intellectual Property in gray ($464,968), Regulatory Requirements & Accreditations in orange ($193,737), Research Facilities in yellow ($104,846), and Research Resources in light blue ($102,567). Each category is represented by a distinct color, providing a visual breakdown of financial allocations.

In 2020–2021, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,217,890. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Brock University RSF Expenditures, 2020-2021” depicting Brock University RSF expenditures for 2020-2021. The segments are labeled as follows: Management and Administration (62%), Intellectual Property (20%), Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation (9%), Research Facilities (5%), and Research Resources (4%). Each segment is represented in distinct colours to visually differentiate the categories.

In 2019-2020, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,093,391. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Brock University RSF Expenditures 2019-2020” depicting Brock University RSF expenditures for 2019-2020. The segments include: Research Facilities in red ($488,072), Research Resources in green ($34,339), Management & Administration in blue ($200,966), Regulatory Requirements & Accreditation in yellow ($128,634), and Intellectual Property in orange. Each segment is labeled with its corresponding expenditure amount.

In 2018-2019, Brock University’s Research Support Fund (RSF) grant was $2,066,806. Brock’s RSF funding was allocated in the following five areas:

Chart description: Pie chart titled “Brock University RSF Expenditures 2018-2019” depicting Brock University RSF expenditures for 2018-2019. The chart segments show the following expenditures: Facilities ($187,261), Resources ($250,297), Management and Administration ($443,706), Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation ($206,448), and Intellectual Property ($979,093). Each category is colour-coded for clarity.

Facilities (8%): RSF funds will be used to upgrade laboratory and other research space to meet researchers’ urgent needs. A portion of these funds will support the update and ongoing maintenance of institutional websites that profile research accomplishments, build research partnerships and provide researchers with the forms, guidelines and other documents they need for their work. 

Resources (4%): RSF funds will support the licensing of tools that accelerate the research process by integrating funding, collaborator discovery, and publishing opportunities (Pivot). These tools connect researchers to financial support by leveraging the most comprehensive global source of sponsored funding opportunities and provide scholarly profiles to match researchers with financial partners and collaborators. Additionally, renewed licenses for a research survey instrument (Qualtrics) and MatLab will also be funded to enable researchers across campus to collect and analyze critical data. 

Management and Administration (60%): RSF funds are a key component of the Research Enterprise budget, which provides researchers access to Research Officers, accounting and other professional research staff who assist them with grant application preparation, facilitate support with institutional Honors, Prizes, Awards and Distinctions, provide guidance on Equity Diversity and Inclusion practices, guide research impact and knowledge mobilization, and oversee their financial compliance and reporting.   

Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation (11%): RSF funds will be used to support the operation of the Research Ethics Boards (REBs), the Animal Care Committee (ACC), Research Safety, and additional regulatory accreditations and certifications as required (e.g., Cannabis Licensing through CTLS). 

Intellectual Property and Knowledge Mobilization (17%): RSF funds have allowed Brock University to meet rapidly expanding needs in the fields of intellectual property, patenting, technology transfer, and commercialization. Funding received in 2025–2026 will support the salaries of staff working in business development and research partnerships, as well as legal counsel who advises on IP management strategies. These staff build research partnerships between Brock researchers and industry and community groups and develop identified avenues for the advancement of new technologies.