In terms of university teaching, we mentioned the research support fund, which sends money back to universities. Direct costs are also paid by the Government of Quebec. The program provides funding to cover research facilities, research resources, management and administration of research activities, regulatory requirements and accreditation standards, intellectual property and knowledge mobilization.
At the college level, the fund provides very limited resources to colleges because the rate used to calculate the amount an institution can receive is proportional to the sum of the grants received from the three research councils. My colleague gave you some figures for 2016-2017: the total amount paid to college institutions in Quebec is only $233,487. Much of the research done in colleges is funded by a program that the Government of Canada put in place about 10 years ago, which the colleges greatly appreciate. Ms. Déziel also mentioned it. It's the college and community innovation program (CCI). More recently, the government also established the social innovation fund for colleges and communities.
Those two programs are excluded from the research support fund. An amount of 20% can be included. We mentioned it, and so did Ms. Déziel. However, that's not enough. All the things I mentioned earlier that are covered by the research support fund—