Program directory · National Research Council Canada
Business Management Support (Enabling)
- Department
- National Research Council Canada
- Program code
- BNQ18 (NRC)
- Core responsibility
- Science and Innovation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Business Management Support program is an important component of the NRC’s support to business innovation. This program provides Research Centres with information, tools and strategies to inform business development strategies and manage client relationships. Services include providing strategic business advice, developing tools and frameworks for business innovation, supporting contract negotiation and drafting complex agreements with clients, managing the NRC’s intellectual property (IP) and developing commercialization and technology transfer strategies, as well as providing technical and business advisory services. These services strengthen the NRC’s connection to industry, resulting in greater economic impact.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Management Support (Enabling) | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $111M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Percentage internal client satisfaction with technical analysis services delivered | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Internal client satisfaction surveys for technical analysis reports | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 64, against 101 in 2021-22 (−36%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $11.1M, against $19M in 2021-22 (−42%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Number of active NRC patents | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Percentage internal client satisfaction with technical analysis services delivered | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 96% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 96% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 96% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 90% | 2023 | 97% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 90% | 2024 | 97.5% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 96% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 80% | 2019 | 95% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $16.4M | $18.4M |
| 2019-20 | $16.3M | $18.8M |
| 2020-21 | $16.8M | $19.6M |
| 2021-22 | $16.9M | $19M |
| 2022-23 | $18.5M | $11.1M |
| 2023-24 | $17.8M | $11.7M |
| 2024-25 | $17.7M | $12.6M |
| 2025-26 | $12.8M | — |
| 2026-27 | $12.7M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $12.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 95 | 102 |
| 2019-20 | 97 | 94 |
| 2020-21 | 93 | 101 |
| 2021-22 | 101 | 101 |
| 2022-23 | 105 | 64 |
| 2023-24 | 64 | 68 |
| 2024-25 | 68 | 71 |
| 2025-26 | 70 | — |
| 2026-27 | 70* | — |
| 2027-28 | 70* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $16,400,000 | $16,400,000 | $16,400,000 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $16,289,234 | $16,289,196 | $16,289,027 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $16,800,482 | $16,926,245 | $16,959,665 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $16,926,245 | $16,959,665 | $16,959,665 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $18,542,921 | $17,684,232 | $17,520,464 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $17,771,842 | $17,601,658 | $17,576,124 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $17,665,000 | $17,585,402 | $17,475,961 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $12,825,002 | $12,715,551 | $12,826,462 | |||||||
| Actual | $18,375,160 | $18,814,635 | $19,555,487 | $19,019,213 | $11,111,424 | $11,697,205 | $12,632,271 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
