For each applicant, the Stage 3 maximum payable allocation is calculated based on:
the CAUBO total research income data or data on the total research income provided by universities and non-affiliated health research institutions not included in the CAUBO dataset; and
the annual average over three years (2015-16 to 2017-18) for the total research income from all sources.
The Stage 3 funding envelope of $125 million is distributed to each eligible institution based on its proportion of total research income (governmental funding included).
Total research income includes funding from the following sources:
non-governmental
federal (including but not limited to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and Health Canada)
provincial (including Canadian provinces and territories)
municipal
foreign government