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Section III – Supplementary Information

Financial Highlights


($ thousands of dollars)
Condensed Statement of Financial Position
At End of Year (March 31, 2010)
Percentage Variance 2009-10 2008-09
Total Assets -30.4% 8,272 11,878
Total Liabilities -3.3% 11,801 12,210
Total Equity -963.0% (3,529) (332)
Total Liabilities & Equity -30.4% 8,272 11,878

($ thousands of dollars)
Condensed Statement of Operations
For the year ended (March 31, 2010)
Percentage Variance 2009–10 2008–09
Total Expenses 2.3% 1,059,925 1,036,116
Total Revenues 0% 3 3
Net Cost of Operations 2.3% 1,059,922 1,036,113

NSERC’s administration costs are approximately five per cent of its total budget, which is low compared to similar agencies in Canada and around the world.

Financial Statements

NSERC’s audited financial statements for the year ending March 31, 2010 can be found on-line at: NSERC Financial Statements, 2009-10

Supplementary Information Tables

The following tables are available on-line:

Table 1: Sources of Non-Respendable Revenue
Table 2: Details on Transfer Payment Programs (TPPs)
Table 3: Internal Audits and Evaluations


[Footnotes]


1 Includes Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence (BL-NCE).

2,3, 4, 5 Commencing in the 2009-10 Estimates cycle, the resources for Program Activity: Internal Services are displayed separately from other program activities; they are no longer distributed among the remaining program activities, as was the case in previous Main Estimates. This has affected the comparability of spending and FTE information by Program Activity between fiscal years.

6 2009-10 Actual Spending is greater than 2009-10 Main Estimates due to Budget 2009 initiatives.

7,8 Data from ongoing exit surveys after completion of the NSERC scholarship or fellowship.