Research and innovation

uOttawa campus illustration — Research and innovation

Our research is founded on excellence, relevance and impact and is conducted in a spirit of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Driving research into the future

As the University of Ottawa charts its vision for the next decade, we are taking research and innovation in a new direction, building on our strengths to better understand and improve the world around us.

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Canada Research Chairs

Canada Excellence Research Chair

$512M

Research revenue

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Canada Impact+ Research Chairs

Join the University of Ottawa through the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs competition, a prestigious initiative to recruit world-class researchers advancing solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.

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Headlines and events

Find out about new research, innovations and upcoming events from the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation.

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Julie St-Pierre and Kevin Page discussing Canada's Budget 2025 in front of an audience at uOttawa.

Research Funding

What Canada's priorities mean for research and innovation in 2026

At a uOttawa Brown Bag Lunch on public policy, two panelists converged on the same message: the pace around research has been supercharged.

From left to right, uOttawa's 2025 Innovation Fund winners Zenghu Cheng, Constance Crompton, Pierre Mattar and Michael Rudnicki.

uOttawa’s 2025 Innovation Fund recipients

Sponsored by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, these researchers are unlocking new possibilities in photonics, neurology and digital humanities.

Dreaming up better treatments for gynecological diseases

Polanyi Prize winner David Cook is deepening our understanding of gynecologic diseases and improving detection, treatment and prevention.

Impact and discoveries

Our researchers are constantly redefining how to move discovery and innovation forward. See how they are changing our world.

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Artificial intelligence

Cyber security

Public policy research and outreach

Knowledge mobilization (KMb)

Arctic Research Hub

Chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone

University of Ottawa Press

Open science

An Indigenous woman speaking in front of a class

At uOttawa, we are committed to fostering equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

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Valuable research platforms

Our research centres and institutes serve as platforms for collaboration and the exchange of ideas among researchers. Our core facilities offer essential services, including analytical support, access to instruments and technologies, and the expertise that researchers need.

Explore our research services

The OVPRI offers a variety of services to help our researchers thrive, from research security and management to funding guidance, lab resources, and partnership and commercialization support.

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