Federal funding backs uOttawa research to improve health and care

By University of Ottawa

Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, OVPRI

February 10, 2026

Jean‑Claude Béïque, Zakia Djaoud, Mireille Khacho, Monique Potvin Kent, Wenbin Liang, Tuan V. Bui, Gilda Stefanelli, Robert Delatolla, Lei Cao, Mirou Jaana, Bernard J. Jasmin, Elizabeth K. Potter, Linda McLean and Melanie Jay Sekeres
Jean‑Claude Béïque, Zakia Djaoud, Mireille Khacho, Monique Potvin Kent, Wenbin Liang, Tuan V. Bui, Gilda Stefanelli, Robert Delatolla, Lei Cao, Mirou Jaana, Bernard J. Jasmin, Elizabeth K. Potter, Linda McLean and Melanie Jay Sekeres
Preventing illness earlier, making care more effective and strengthening the systems people rely on when they need them most — these are the kind of impacts uOttawa researchers are working toward. And now, they have support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants.

Eight uOttawa‑led research projects were selected for funding in the fall 2025 Project Grant competition. Together, they span areas ranging from fundamental biology to population health, health systems and applied solutions, bringing interdisciplinary thinking to some of today’s most pressing health challenges.

With an average grant value of just over $1.1 million, this competition marked uOttawa’s highest average award through the CIHR Project Grant program. That funding enables researchers to work at a scale that matches the complexity of the challenges they’re addressing.

In addition, uOttawa researchers received four CIHR Priority Announcement grants, which support projects aligned with national health research priorities.

University of Ottawa researchers funded in fall 2025

The following uOttawa researchers received CIHR Project Grants:

The following uOttawa researchers received CIHR Priority Announcement grants:

Strength across Ottawa’s health research ecosystem

The University’s impact in health research is closely linked to its affiliated institutes, where research is embedded in clinical and community settings. In the fall 2025 competition, researchers at uOttawa’s affiliated institutes secured 16 Project Grants and five Priority Announcement grants. This further strengthens Ottawa’s integrated health research landscape.

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the Bruyère Health Research Institute and the CHEO Research Institute were among those funded. Funding advances work that brings discoveries into patient care and the systems that deliver it.

Together, these results reflect the strength of Ottawa’s health research ecosystem. That ecosystem is increasingly connected through the Ottawa Academic Health Network (OAHN), which brings scientific discovery and clinical practice together to help research turn into better care, training and patient outcomes more quickly.