Table 1 Project characteristics for entire sample and by funding year block
Project characteristic | N (%) or Mean (SD, range) | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total sample (n = 1153) | Funding Year Block | X2 or H (p value) | |||
2011–2013 (n = 406) | 2014- 2016 (n = 408) | 2017- 2019* (n = 339) | |||
Funding type |  |  |  |  | 56.7 (< 0.0001) |
 Federal | 851 (73.8) | 349 (86) | 292 (71.5) | 210 (61.9) | |
 Provincial | 302 (26.2) | 57 (14) | 115 (28.5) | 129 (38.1) | |
Project funding amount (CAD) (n = 949) | 337 487 (657 533, 5000–12 450 001) | 266 248 (429 386) | 336 288 (831 441) | 438 766 (6 381 008) | 30.1 (< 0.0001) |
Project length (months) (n = 979) | 27.4 (17.7, 1–84) | 24.8 (14.6, 12–6) | 27.8 (18.8, 12- 84) | 31.6 (20.1, 1–84) | 12.5 (0.0019) |
Number of named investigators | 9 (9, 1–137) | 8.4 (6.2) | 9.5 (9.3) | 9.1 (11.2) | 0.205 (0.903) |
Province of funded institution (n = 1136) |  |  |  |  | 142.6 (< 0.0001) |
 Ontario | 347 (30.5) | 156 (38.6) | 119 (29.8) | 72 (21.6) | |
 British Columbia | 237 (20.9) | 62 (15.3) | 57 (14.3) | 118 (35.4) | |
 Alberta | 202 (17.8) | 91 (22.5) | 82 (20.5) | 29 (8.7) | |
 Quebec | 148 (13.0) | 53 (13.1) | 66 (16.5) | 29 (8.7) | |
 Saskatchewan | 99 (8.7) | 10 (2.5) | 42 (10.5) | 47 (14.1) | |
 Manitoba | 53 (4.7) | 13 (3.2) | 20 (5) | 20 (6) | |
 Nova Scotia | 43 (3.8) | 19 (4.7) | 12 (3) | 12 (3.6) | |
 Other provinces/territories | 7 (0.6) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 6 (1.8) | |