Performance Indicators and Outcomes 2024-25
| Eligible Expenditure Area | Institutional Performance Objective | Indicator | Output | Outcomes Reported at Year-End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Facilities | Library building and furnishings remain appropriate to need | Ratio of complaints received from library patrons to number of patrons using the spaces | Used RSF fund to support physical facility maintenance and updating | Fewer than 2% of library users express a complaint about the physical facilities |
| Management and Administration of an institution's Research Enterprise | To support salaries for Administrative staff to grantee support and rapid processing times. | Satisfaction survey of award recipients | Portion of RSF fund used to support Administrative Salaries | Our year-end survey on client satisfaction indicates that there is overall satisfaction with the level of administrative support. |
| Management and Administration of an institution's Research Enterprise | Ensure all grants comply with new measures to safeguard Canadian research |
1. Submissions remain on time 2. Application numbers remain consistent 3. Active grants remain uninterrupted for security reasons |
Portion of RSF fund used to perform research security processes | All new applications were vetted by research professionals and no active grants were flagged as ‘at risk’ by external agencies |
| Management and Administration of an institution's Research Enterprise | Offer regular and updated training to faculty, to include EDI and safeguarding research |
Number of faculty and research administrators who successfully complete the training |
Portion of RSF fund used to support staff training. | Minimize application delays or interruptions to active grants while increasing grant success rate due to increased knowledge of priority management areas |
| Research Resources | Obtain journal subscriptions and purchase scholarly monographs to enable current research | Number of requests received for materials unavailable through standard offerings | Used RSF Funds to Support Library operations | RMC researchers are satisfied with their level of access to library resources. Use of inter-library loan services remain consistent. |
| Research Resources | Create and obtain tools required for safeguarding research program | Ratio of applications delayed due to security concerns per applications received | Portion of RSF funds dedicated to establishing institutional safeguarding research program | Application vetting is thorough and timely; no appreciable delays or loss in number of applications submitted |
Overview of how RMC has allocated its grant funds under each of the five expenditure categories (organized by fiscal year) for the previous 5 years
| RSF Expenditures | Last Year 2024-2024 |
2023-24 |
2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2020-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management and administration of the institution's research enterprise | |||||
| Salaries | $245,044 | $324,301.33 | $109,764.58 | $295,607.47 | $367,504.00 |
| EDI Costs | $133,000 | $173,417.91 | $15,235.87 | ||
| Administrative Costs | $173,835 | $162,788.79 | $167,341.67 | $162,295.36 | $138,518.30 |
| Research facilities | |||||
| Library | $69,818 | $100,000.00 | |||
| Maintenance | $196,619 | $163,884.00 | $149,172.16 | ||
| Software | $5,000 | $4,817.00 | $9468.88 | $3,777.00 | $24,000.00 |
| Research Resources | |||||
| Membership | $11,000 | $16,000.00 | $8,000.00 | $16,125.00 | $8,000 |
| Training Development Contractors | $354,010.67 | $164,145.26 | $102,658.38 | ||
| Administrative Costs (other) | $3,208.41 | $5,655.97 | $32,035.03 | $42,720.63 | |
| Notional Amounts | $842,486 | $848,417.44 | $818,649.80 | $673,985.12 | $783,401.31 |