Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada spent an estimated $14.0M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 731 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 148 have at least one amendment (20%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 99% and the average number of amendments was 1.63. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $24.8M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 1 year, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $106.6K. The longest contract was 6.18 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $3.7M.
