Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
Reporting Guide
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2014 Annual Survey of Research and Development in Canadian Industry. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
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NOTE:
- If this business performs in-house research and development (R&D) and outsources R&D, complete all questions.
- If this business performs in-house research and development (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete question 1-5, 8-19.
- If this business outsources research and development (R&D) and does not perform in-house R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5-7, 12, 16-19.
- If this business does not perform in-house research and development (R&D) and does not outsource R&D, complete questions 1-3, 5, 12, 16, 17 and 19.
Difference between Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program and this survey
Include the following in this survey:
- capital R&D expenditures
- R&D expenditures in the social sciences and humanities
- payments for R&D performed by organizations outside Canada
For this survey
‘In-house R&D’ refers to
Expenditures within Canada for R&D performed within this business by:
- employees (permanent, temporary or casual)
- self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D projects
‘Outsourced R&D’ refers to
Payments made within or outside Canada to other organizations, companies or individuals to fund R&D performance:
- contracts
- grants
- fellowships
Reporting period information
Here are some examples of common fiscal periods that fall within the targeted dates:
- May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014
- June 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
- August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014
- October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014
- December 1, 2013 to November 30, 2014
- January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014
- February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015
- March 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015
- April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015
Here are other examples of fiscal periods that fall within the required dates:
- September 18, 2013 to September 15, 2014 (e.g., floating year-end)
- June 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (e.g., a newly opened business)
Definitions and Concepts
Research and development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge
Research is original investigation undertaken on a systematic basis to gain new knowledge.
Development is systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.
Activities included and excluded from R&D
Inclusions
Prototypes
Include design, construction and operation of prototypes provided that the primary objective is to make further improvements or to undertake technical testing. Exclude if the prototype is for commercial purposes.
Pilot plants
Include construction and operation of pilot plants provided that the primary objective is to make further improvement or to undertake technical testing. Exclude if the pilot plant is intended to be operated for commercial purposes.
New computer software or significant improvements/modifications to existing computer software
Includes technological or scientific advances in theoretical computer sciences; operating systems e.g. improvement in interface management, developing new operating system of converting an existing operating system to a significantly different hardware environment; programming languages; and applications if a significant technological change occurs.
Contracts
Include all contracts which require R&D. For contracts which include other work, report only the R&D costs.
Research work in the social sciences
Include if projects are employing new or significantly different modelling techniques or developing new formulae, analyzing data not previously available or applying new research techniques.
Exclusions
Routine analysis in the social sciences including policy-related studies, management studies and efficiency studies
Exclude analytical projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies, principles and models of the related social sciences to bear on a particular problem (e.g. commentary on the probable economic effects of a change in the tax structure, using existing economic data; use of standard techniques in applied psychology to select and classify industrial and military personnel, students, etc., and to test children with reading or other disabilities), are not R&D.
Consumer surveys, advertising, market research
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for commercialization of the results of R&D are excluded.
Routine quality control and testing
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies not intended to create new knowledge are not R&D and are excluded even if carried out by personnel normally engaged in R&D.
Pre-production activities such as demonstration of commercial viability, tooling up, trial production, trouble shooting
Exclude although R&D may be required as a result of these steps, these activities are excluded from R&D.
Prospecting, exploratory drilling, development of mines, oil or gas wells
Include only if for R&D projects concerned with new equipment or techniques in these activities, such as in-situ and tertiary recovery research.
Engineering
Exclude engineering unless it is in direct support of R&D.
Design and drawing
Exclude design and drawing unless it is in direct support of R&D.
Patent and license work
Exclude all administrative and legal work connected with patents and licenses.
Cosmetic modifications or style changes to existing products
Exclude where no significant technical improvement or modification to the existing products.
General purpose or routine data collection
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.
Routine computer programming, systems maintenance or software application
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended to support on-going operations.
Routine mathematical or statistical analysis or operations analysis
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.
Activities associated with standards compliance
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended to support standards compliance.
Specialized routine medical care such as routine pathology services
Exclude projects of a routine nature, with established methodologies intended for on-going monitoring of an activity.
In-house R&D expenditures within Canada (Q4)
In-house research and development expenditures are composed of current in-house research and development (R&D) expenditures and capital in-house R&D expenditures.
Current in house R&D expenditures
- Wages and salaries of permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
Include: fringe benefits
Fringe benefits of employees engaged in R&D activities. Fringe benefits include bonus payments, holiday or vacation pay, pension fund contributions, other social security payments, payroll taxes, etc.
- Services to support R&D
Include: services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business’s R&D projects.
Exclude: contracted out or granted expenditures to other organizations to perform R&D.
Payments to on-site R&D consultants and contractors working under the direct control of your business; indirect services purchased to support in-house R&D such as security, storage, repair, maintenance and use of buildings and equipment; computer services, software licensing fees and dissemination of R&D findings
- R&D materials
Utilities: water, fuel, gas and electricity; materials for creation of prototypes, reference materials (books, journals, etc.); subscriptions to libraries and data bases, memberships to scientific societies, etc.; cost of outsourced small R&D prototypes or R&D models; materials for laboratories (chemicals, animals, etc.); all other R&D-related materials
- All other current costs
Administrative and overhead costs (e.g., office, post and telecommunications, internet, insurance), prorated if necessary to allow for non-R&D activities within the business
Capital in-house R&D expenditures
Capital in-house R&D expenditures are the annual gross amount paid for the acquisition of fixed assets that are used repeatedly, or continuously in the performance of research and development (R&D) for more than one year. They should be reported in full for the period when they occurred. Exclude capital depreciation.
- Software
Exclude: capital depreciation
Applications and systems software (original, custom and off-the-shelf software), supporting documentation and other software-related acquisitions - Land
Exclude: capital depreciation
Land acquired for R&D including testing grounds, sites for laboratories and pilot plants
- Buildings and structures
Exclude: capital depreciation
Buildings and structures (constructed or purchased) for research and development (R&D) activities or that have undergone major leasehold improvements (modifications, renovations and repairs) for R&D activities
- Equipment, machinery and all other
Exclude: capital depreciation
Major equipment, machinery and instruments, including embedded software, acquired for research and development (R&D) activities
Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D expenditures (Q6)
Payments made through contracts, grants and fellowships to another organization, company or individual to purchase R&D activities.
Include: contracted out expenditures for research and development (R&D), funding or grants provided to other organizations to perform R&D.
Exclude: expenditures for services of self-employed individuals or contractors who are working on-site on this business's R&D.
- Companies
All incorporated for profit businesses and government business enterprises providing products in the market at market rates.
- Private non-profit organizations
Voluntary health organizations, private philanthropic foundations, associations and societies and research institutes; they are not for profit organizations that serve the public interest by supporting activities related to public welfare (such as health, education, the environment).
- Industrial research institutes or associations
Non-profit organizations that serve the business enterprise sector frequently consisting of their membership. Industrial non-profit organizations include non-profit industrial research institutes.
- Hospitals
- Universities
- Federal government departments and agencies
All federal government ministries, departments and agencies. It excludes federal government business enterprises providing products in the market.
- Provincial government departments and agencies
All provincial government ministries, departments and agencies. It excludes provincial government business enterprises providing products in the market.
- Provincial research organizations
Organizations created under provincial or territorial law which conduct or facilitate research on behalf of the province or territory.
- Other
Individuals, non-university educational institutions, foreign governments
Sources of funds for in-house R&D expenditures in 2014 (Q9)
Include: Canadian and foreign sources
Exclude: payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D which should be reported in question 6 on Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D; capital depreciation.
- Funds from this business
Amount contributed by this unit to R&D performed within Canada (include interest payments and other income, land, buildings and structures, equipment and machinery (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D). Include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D.
- Funds from parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies
Amount received from parent, affiliated and subsidiary businesses used to perform R&D within Canada (include amounts eligible for income tax purposes, e.g., Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program, other amounts spent for projects not claimed through SR&ED, and funds for land, buildings, machinery and equipment (capital expenditures) purchased for R&D).
- Federal grants
Include: R&D grants or R&D portion only of other grants
Funds from the federal government in support of R&D activities not connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
- Federal contracts
Include: R&D contracts or R&D portion only of other contracts
Funds from the federal government in support of R&D activities connected to a specific contractual deliverable.
- R&D contract work for other companies
Funds received from other companies to perform R&D on their behalf.
- Other sources
Funds received from all other sources not previously classified.
In-house R&D expenditures by fields of research and development in 2014 (Q10)
Exclude: capital depreciation and payments for outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D which should be reported in question 6 on Outsourced (contracted out or granted) R&D.
Natural and formal sciences
Mathematics, physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth and related environmental sciences, biological sciences, other natural sciences.
Exclude: computer sciences, information sciences and bioinformatics (to be reported at lines s and t)
- Mathematics
Pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability.
- Physical Sciences
Atomic, molecular and chemical physics, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, condensed matter physics, solid state physics and superconductivity, particles and fields physics, nuclear physics, fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics), optics (including laser optics and quantum optics), acoustics, astronomy (including astrophysics, space science).
- Chemical sciences
Organic chemistry, inorganic and nuclear chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer science and plastics, electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, metal corrosion, electrolysis), colloid chemistry, analytical chemistry.
- Earth and related environmental sciences
Geosciences, geophysics, mineralogy and palaeontology, geochemistry and geophysics, physical geography, geology and volcanology, environmental sciences, meteorology, atmospheric sciences and climatic research, oceanography, hydrology and water resources.
- Biological sciences
Cell biology, microbiology and virology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biochemical research, mycology, biophysics, genetics and heredity (medical genetics under medical biotechnology), reproductive biology (medical aspects under medical biotechnology), developmental biology, plant sciences and botany, zoology, ornithology, entomology and behavioural sciences biology, marine biology, freshwater biology and limnology, ecology and biodiversity conservation, biology (theoretical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), evolutionary biology.
- Other natural sciences
Engineering and Technology
Civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, medical engineering, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, nanotechnology, other engineering and technologies.
Exclude: software engineering and technology (to be reported at line r)
- Civil engineering
Civil engineering, architecture engineering, municipal and structural engineering, transport engineering.
- Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and communications technology
Electrical and electronic engineering, robotics and automatic control, micro-electronics, semiconductors, automation and control systems, communication engineering and systems, telecommunications, computer hardware and architecture.
- Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering, applied mechanics, thermodynamics, aerospace engineering, nuclear-related engineering (nuclear physics under Physical sciences), acoustical engineering, reliability analysis and non-destructive testing, automotive and transportation engineering and manufacturing, tooling, machinery and equipment engineering and manufacturing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineering and manufacturing.
- Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering (plants, products), chemical process engineering.
- Materials engineering
Materials engineering and metallurgy, ceramics, coating and films (including packaging and printing), plastics, rubber and composites (including laminates and reinforced plastics), paper and wood and textiles, construction materials (organic and inorganic).
- Medical Engineering
Medical and biomedical engineering, medical laboratory technology (excluding biomaterials which should be reported under industrial biotechnology).
- Environmental engineering
Environmental and geological engineering, petroleum engineering (fuel, oils), energy and fuels, remote sensing, mining and mineral processing, marine engineering, sea vessels and ocean engineering.
- Environmental biotechnology
Environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management (DNA chips and bio-sensing devices).
- Industrial biotechnology
Industrial biotechnology, bioprocessing technologies, biocatalysis and fermentation bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock), biomaterials (bioplastics, biofuels, bioderived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived materials).
- Nanotechnology
Nano-materials (production and properties), nano-processes (applications on nano-scale).
- Other engineering and technologies
Food and beverages, oenology, other engineering and technologies.
Software-related sciences and technology
Software engineering and technology, computer sciences, information technology and bioinformatics.
- Software engineering and technology
Computer software engineering, computer software technology, and other related computer software engineering and technologies.
- Computer sciences
Computer science, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and other related computer sciences.
- Information technology and bioinformatics
Information technology, informatics, bioinformatics, biomathematics, and other related information technologies.
Medical and health sciences
Basic medicine, clinical medicine, health sciences, medical biotechnology, other medical sciences.
- Basic medicine
Anatomy and morphology (plant science under biological science), human genetics, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, toxicology, physiology and cytology, pathology.
- Clinical medicine
Andrology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiac and cardiovascular systems, haematology, anaesthesiology, orthopaedics, radiology and nuclear medicine, dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, dermatology, venereal diseases and allergy, rheumatology, endocrinology and metabolism and gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, and oncology.
- Health sciences
Health care sciences and nursing, nutrition and dietetics, parasitology, infectious diseases and epidemiology, occupational health.
- Medical biotechnology
Health-related biotechnology, technologies involving the manipulation of cells, tissues, organs or the whole organism, technologies involving identifying the functioning of DNA, proteins and enzymes, pharmacogenomics, gene-based therapeutics, biomaterials (related to medical implants, devices, sensors).
- Other medical sciences
Forensic science, other medical sciences.
Agricultural Sciences
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences, animal and dairy sciences, veterinary sciences, agricultural biotechnology, other agricultural sciences.
- Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sciences
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, soil science, horticulture, viticulture, agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection.
- Animal and dairy sciences
Animal and dairy science, animal husbandry.
- Veterinary sciences
Veterinary science (all).
- Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural biotechnology and food biotechnology, genetically modified (GM) organism technology and livestock cloning, diagnostics (DNA chips and biosensing devices), biomass feedstock production technologies and biopharming.
- Other agricultural sciences
Social sciences and humanities
Psychology, educational sciences, economics and business, other social sciences, humanities.
- Psychology
Cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, psychometrics and quantitative psychology, and other fields of psychology.
- Educational sciences
Education, training and other related educational sciences.
- Economics and business
Micro-economics, macro-economics, econometrics, labour economics, financial economics and all other related fields of economics and business.
- Other social sciences
Anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology, demography, geography (human, economic and social), planning (town, city and country), management, organization and methods (excluding market research unless new methods/techniques are developed), law, linguistics, political sciences, sociology, miscellaneous social sciences and interdisciplinary, and methodological and historical science and technology activities relating to subjects in this group.
- Humanities
History (history, prehistory and history, together with auxiliary historical disciplines such as archaeology, numismatics, palaeography, genealogy, etc.), languages and literature (ancient and modern), other humanities (philosophy (including the history of science and technology)), arts (history of art, art criticism, painting, sculpture, musicology, dramatic art excluding artistic “research” of any kind), religion, theology, other fields and subjects pertaining to the humanities, and methodological, historical and other science and technology activities relating to the subjects in this group.
In house R&D expenditures by nature of R&D activity in 2014 (Q11)
R&D is performed in the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. There are three types of R&D activities: basic research, applied research and experimental development.
- Basic research
Experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view.
- Applied research
Also original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective.
- Experimental development
Systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.
In-house R&D personnel in 2014 (Q13 to Q15)
Include:
- permanent, temporary and casual R&D employees
- independent on-site R&D consultants and contractors working in your organization’s offices, laboratories, or other facilities
- employees engaged in R&D-related support activities
Researchers and research managers
- Scientists, social scientists, engineers and researchers
Include: software developers and programmers
Create new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems. They include software developers and programmers. They may be certified by provincial educational authorities, provincial or national scientific or engineering associations (Include software developers and programmers).
- Senior research managers
Plan or manage R&D projects and programs. They may be certified by provincial educational authorities, provincial or national scientific or engineering associations.
R&D technical, administrative and support staff
- Technicians, technologists and research assistants
Include: software technicians
Assist scientists, engineers and researchers in R&D activities, e.g., laboratory technicians, chemical technicians, draftspersons, research assistants and software technicians. They may be certified by provincial educational authorities, provincial or national scientific or engineering associations.
- Other R&D technical, administrative and support staff
Include administrative assistants, accountants, bookkeepers, equipment storage, maintenance managers and facilities operators engaged in administration, clerical or other activities in support of R&D activities. Also included are machinists and electricians engaged in the construction of prototypes.
Other R&D occupations
- On-site R&D consultants and contractors
Are individuals hired 1) to perform project-based work or to provide goods at a fixed or ascertained price or within a certain time or 2) to provide advice or services in a specialized field for a fee and, in both cases, work at the location specified and controlled by the contracting organization.
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
R&D may be carried out by persons who work solely on R&D projects or by persons who devote only part of their time to R&D, and the balance to other activities such as testing, quality control and production engineering. To arrive at the total effort devoted to R&D in terms of personnel, it is necessary to estimate the full-time equivalent of these persons working only part-time in R&D.
FTE (full-time equivalent) = Number of persons who work solely on R&D projects + the time of persons working only part of their time on R&D.
Example calculation: If out of four scientists engaged in R&D work, one works solely on R&D projects and the remaining three devote only one quarter of their working time to R&D, then: FTE = 1 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1.75 scientists.
Technology or technical assistant payments in 2014 (Q16 and Q17)
Definitions (equivalent to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00143.html)
- Patents
Government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
- Copyright
Provides protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works (including computer programs), and three other subject matter known as: performance, sound recording, and communication signal.
- Trademark
Word, symbol or design (or any combination of these features) used to distinguish the wares and services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace.
- Industrial design
Visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament (or any combination of these features), applied to a finished article of manufacture.
- Integrated circuit topography
Three-dimensional arrangement of the electronic circuits in integrated circuit products or layout designs.
- Original software
Consist of computer programs and descriptive materials for both systems and applications. Original software can be created in-house or outsourced and includes packaged software with customization.
- Packaged or off-the-shelf software
Purchased for use by your organization and excludes customized software.
- Databases
Consist of files of data organized to permit effective access and use of the data.
- Other
Technical assistance, industrial processes and know-how.
Energy-related R&D by area of technology (Q18)
1. Fossil Fuels
Crude oils and natural gas exploration, crude oils and natural gas production, oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management, refining, processing and upgrading, coal production, separation and processing, transportation of fossil fuels.
- Crude oils and natural gas exploration
Development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical, seismic, magnetic) for on-shore and off-shore prospecting.
- Crude oil and natural gas production (including enhanced recovery) and storage
On-shore and off-shore deep drilling equipment and techniques for conventional oil and gas, secondary and tertiary recovery of oil and gas, hydro fracturing techniques, processing and cleaning of raw product, storage on remote platforms (e.g., Arctic, off-shore), safety aspects of offshore platforms.
- Oil sands and heavy crude oils surface and sub-surface production and separation of the bitumen, tailings management
Surface and in-situ production (e.g., SAGD); tailings management.
- Refining, processing and upgrading
Processing of natural gas to pipeline specifications, and refining of conventional crude oils to refined petroleum products (RPPs), and the upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils either to synthetic crude oil or to RPPs. Upgrading may be done at an oil sands plant, regional merchant upgraders or integrated into a refinery producing RPPs.
- Coal production, separation and processing
Coal, lignite and peat exploration, deposit evaluation techniques, mining techniques, separation techniques, coking and blending, other processing such as coal to liquids, underground (in-situ) gasification.
- Transportation of fossil fuels
Transport of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons via pipelines (land and submarine) and their network evaluation; safety aspects of LNG transport and storage.
2. Renewable energy resources
Solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications, solar heating and cooling, wind energy, bio-energy – biomass production, bio-energy – biomass conversion to fuels, bio-energy – biomass conversion to heat and electricity, and other bio-energy, small hydro (less than 10 MW), large hydro (greater than or equal to 10 MW), other renewable energy.
- Solar photovoltaics (PV)
Solar cell development, PV-module development, PV-inverter development, building-integrated PV-modules, PV-system development, other.
- Solar thermal-power and high-temperature applications
Solar chemistry, concentrating collector development, solar thermal power plants, high-temperature applications for heat and power.
- Solar heating and cooling
Daylighting, passive and active solar heating and cooling, collector development, hot water preparation, combined-space heating, solar architecture, solar drying, solar-assisted ventilation, swimming pool heating, low-temperature process heating, other.
- Wind energy
Technology development, such as blades, turbines, converters structures, system integration, other.
- Bio-energy – Biomass production/supply and transport
Improvement of energy crops, research on bio-energy production potential and associated land-use effects, supply and transport of bio-solids, bio-liquids, biogas and bio-derived energy products (e.g., ethanol, biodiesel), compacting and baling, other.
- Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to fuels
Conventional bio-fuels, cellulosic-derived alcohols, biomass gas-to-liquids, other energy-related products and by-products.
- Bio-energy – Biomass conversion to heat and electricity
Bio-based heat, electricity and combined heat and power (CHP), exclude multi-firing with fossil fuels.
- Other bio-energy
Recycling and the use of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste as energy not covered elsewhere.
- Small-Hydro – (less than 10 MW)
Plants with capacity below 10 MW.
- Large-Hydro – (greater than or equal to 10 MW)
Plants with capacity of 10 MW and above.
- Other renewable energy
Hot dry rock, hydro-thermal, geothermal heat applications (including agriculture), tidal power, wave energy, ocean current power, ocean thermal power, other.
3. Nuclear fission and fusion
Materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management, nuclear reactors, other fission, fusion.
- Nuclear materials exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management
Development of advanced exploration methods (geophysical, geochemical) for prospecting, ore surface and in-situ production, uranium and thorium extraction and conversion, enrichment, handling of tailings and remediation.
- Nuclear reactors
Nuclear reactors of all types and related system components.
- Other fission
Nuclear safety, environmental protection (emission reduction or avoidance), radiation protection and decommissioning of power plants and related nuclear fuel cycle installations, nuclear waste treatment, disposal and storage, fissile material recycling, fissile materials control, transport of radioactive materials.
- Fusion
All types (e.g., magnetic confinement, laser applications).
4. Electric Power
Generation in utility sector, combined heat and power in industry and in buildings, electricity transmission, distribution and storage of electricity.
- Electric power generation in utility sector
Conventional and non-conventional technology (e.g., pulverised coal, fluidised bed, gasification-combined cycle, supercritical), re-powering, retrofitting, life extensions and upgrading of power plants, generators and components, super-conductivity, magneto hydrodynamic, dry cooling towers, co-firing (e.g., with biomass), air and thermal pollution reduction or avoidance, flue gas cleanup (excluding CO2 removal), CHP (combined heat and power) not covered elsewhere.
- Electric power - combined heat and power in industry, buildings
Industrial applications, small scale applications for buildings.
- Electricity transmission, distribution and storage
Solid state power electronics, load management and control systems, network problems, super-conducting cables, AC and DC high voltage cables, HVDC transmission, other transmission and distribution related to integrating distributed and intermittent generating sources into networks, all storage (e.g., batteries, hydro reservoirs, fly wheels), other.
5. Hydrogen and fuel cells
Hydrogen production for process applications, hydrogen production for transportation applications, hydrogen transport and storage, other hydrogen, fuel cells, both stationary and mobile.
- Hydrogen production for process applications
- Hydrogen production for transportation applications
- Hydrogen transport and storage
- Other hydrogen
End uses (e.g., combustion), other infrastructure and systems R&D (refuelling stations).
- Stationary fuel cells
Electricity generation, other stationary end-use.
- Mobile fuel cells
Portable applications.
6. Energy efficiency
Industry, residential and commercial, transportation, other energy efficiency.
- Energy efficiency applications for industry
Reduction of energy consumption through improved use of energy and/or reduction or avoidance of air and other emissions related to the use of energy in industrial systems and processes (excluding bio-energy-related) through the development of new techniques, new processes and new equipment, other.
- Energy efficiency for residential, institutional and commercial sectors
Space heating and cooling, ventilation and lighting control systems other than solar technologies, low energy housing design and performance other than solar technologies, new insulation and building materials, thermal performance of buildings, domestic appliances, other.
- Energy efficiency for transportation
Analysis and optimisation of energy consumption in the transport sector, efficiency improvements in light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, non-road vehicles, public transport systems, engine-fuel optimisation, use of alternative fuels (liquid and gaseous, other than hydrogen), fuel additives, diesel engines, Stirling motors, electric cars, hybrid cars, includes air emission reduction, other.
- Other energy efficiency
Waste heat utilisation (heat maps, process integration, total energy systems, low temperature thermodynamic cycles), district heating, heat pump development, reduction of energy consumption in the agricultural sector.
7. Other energy-related technologies
Carbon capture, transportation and storage for fossil fuel production and processing, electric power generation, industry in end-use sector, energy systems analysis, all other energy-related technologies.
- Carbon capture, transportation and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
- Carbon capture, transportation and storage related to electric power production
- Carbon capture, transportation and storage related to industry in end use sector
Include: Industry in the end use sector, such as steel production, manufacturing, etc.
Exclude Fossil fuel production and processing and electric power production
- Energy system analysis System analysis related to energy R&D not covered elsewhere, sociological, economical and environmental impact of energy which are not specifically related to one technology area listed in the sections above.
- All other energy-related technologies
Energy technology information dissemination, studies not related to a specific technology area listed above.