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Survey Methodology and Results Appendix A

SynapSE ConSoRtiuM paRtnERS

A second, more comprehensive survey was created and sent to the 9 core Synapse Life Science Consortium
partners: Bay Area Health Trust, City of Hamilton, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton Health Sciences,
Innovation Factory, McMaster Innovation Park, McMaster University, Mohawk College, St. Joseph’s Healthcare
Hamilton. Each Consortium partner responded to those questions that directly related to their operations.
Questions and aggregate data can be found in the following table (certain questions have been omitted to
preserve clarity and confidentiality):

Employee, budget, funding, and innovation data were aggregated between the two surveys to produce the
data points seen throughout the report, while talent, facilities, and capacity data points are represented solely
by Synapse Consortium partners.
Cluster Survey – Synapse Partners

Data Point Aggregate
Employee Information

Total # of employees 34,949
Faculty/Teaching/Instructors 2,870
Clinicians/Nurses/Care Providers/Physicians 7,380
Principle Investigators/Research Scientists (Exclude teaching/clinical joint appointment) 3,099
Student placements (e.g. Interns, Co-ops, Work-Integrated Learning Placement) 4,143
Other, or Not Classified 17,457

# of volunteers 2,329
Talent
Total # of students (20/21 academic year) 62,004
# of STEM undergraduate students 28,251
# of STEM graduate students 3,101
# of STEM graduate students graduated 7,172
Physical Capacity
Total space (sq ft) of all facilities 10,432,925
Vacancy space 148,968
Space under construction 15,000
Total lab space (sq ft) 1,386,074
Clinical lab space 192,679
Research lab space 677,924
Classroom lab space 515,471
# of hospital beds 2,132
# of emergency room visits (previous year) 254,385
# of patient admission (previous year) 97,433
# of surgeries performed (previous year) 52,878
Financial
Annual operating budget $5,561,541,439
Total research spending ($ amount) $447,497,218
Source of total research spending (% of total)
Industry funding 26.5%
Government/NP funding 64.1%
Internal 5.3%

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