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The NCE program enhances value by mobilizing partnerships between academia, federal and provincial departments and agencies, and the private sector.

The 2005-2006 fiscal year saw the NCE program's 1,663 researchers and 4,467 highly qualified personnel involved in research relationships with 926 companies, 350 provincial and federal government departments and agencies, 64 hospitals, 202 universities, and 628 other organizations from Canada and world-wide.

The synergies created by these partnerships serve Canadians well. In 2005-2006, the networks stimulated outside cash and in-kind investments of almost $70 million, with more than $27 million of that coming from private sector companies. This leveraging allows taxpayers' research dollars to go further and researchers to accomplish more with their work.