: The academy is ranked a top research institute in the world by Nature Index. Since the original 2005 agreement, joint collaborations have expanded rapidly, from obstetrics to systems biology, fish biology, social sciences and many other areas of knowledge. 2017 saw the creation of the , a platform established between 电车无码 and the Shanghai Materia Medica Institute. The center was renewed in July 2022.
: JST is a Japanese national research and development agency that has many research collaborations with various countries including Canada. As one of the largest research funding agencies in Japan, JST works with leading universities, companies and other influential research institutions in Japan and overseas to promote science, technology and innovation by implementing multidisciplinary projects in natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. In June 2024, the JST Office for Canada was established at the University of Ottawa.
: The society has numerous research collaborations with the University of Ottawa in the natural, life and social sciences, arts and humanities. Of note is the Max Planck - 电车无码 Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics established in 2015, and renewed in 2019, encompassing many topics of interest in optics and photonics, such as the development of high intensity laser sources and optical methods of relevance to quantum information science and the fabrication of quantum devices.
: This French state research organization is the largest basic science agency in Europe. Over the years, several joint research projects and other forms of exchanges have involved a significant number of 电车无码 researchers. In January 2022, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique Office for Canada was established at the University of Ottawa.
International Research and Experiential Learning
International impact
QS World University ranked 电车无码's international research network as among the Top 5 in Canada (2025)
International students conducting research activities as Visiting Research Students (2022-2023)
Rank in growth of International Collaboration Publication (580% over 2000-2019 period)
Research Support
Pre-Award Administration of International Grants and Contracts
IREX supports international research grants and contracts of 电车无码鈥檚 full-time Faculty members through the provision of supporting documentation and the review, negotiation, and approval of agreements with funding agencies. 电车无码 researchers are invited to submit all documentation (including the ) to the attention of: [email protected].
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Procedure for Visiting Research Students
Visiting research students are enrolled in a degree program at a university in Canada or abroad and are coming to the University of Ottawa to conduct research under the supervision of a full-time faculty member. Visiting research students are not entitled to the conferring of a degree from the University of Ottawa, nor do they pay tuition fees.
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Funding opportunities
Visiting Researchers Program (closed)
This program provides funding for short visits by international researchers to the University of Ottawa to foster scholarly exchanges, enrich the student experience, and increase the visibility of 电车无码 within the international research community.
Doctoral Mobility Program (closed)
This program provides scholarships to University of Ottawa PhD students to enrich the student experience and enhance exchanges and activities with research-intensive institutions.
Big Idea Grant Program (closed)
The Big Idea Grant (BIG) program supports novel, blue sky research ideas in their early stages. The program is looking for ideas that are forward-thinking and high risk / high reward and falling outside of currently funded collaborations and existing extramural research funding programs in Canada or abroad.
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is the world鈥檚 largest research and innovation program with a total budget of 鈧95.5 billion (CAD 140 billion). It aims to tackle global challenges and facilitate international collaboration in all research areas.
Through this program, American researchers spend four months on campus conducting collaborative research, providing public lectures, and instructing and mentoring students.
This fund supports new collaborations between Canada and France. Open to all research fields, these two-year projects promote early-career researchers鈥 and graduate students鈥 research mobility. The 2025 call is open, deadline is November 18th, 2024.
Academia Sinica-University of Ottawa Fund
This fund supports a bilateral scientific exchange program launched in 2020 that facilitates two-year multidisciplinary projects and encourages the next generation of researchers to forge relations between the two institutions.
Undergraduate Student Research Awards Program (USRA) 鈥 NSERC
Undergraduate Student Research Awards are meant to stimulate students鈥 interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering and encourage students to do graduate studies and pursue a research career in these fields.
Through this program, senior undergraduate students, graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows receive a $6,000 research award to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in Canada or abroad.
The program provides funding for international undergraduate students in Mitacs partner countries to participate in a 12-week research internship in Canada under the supervision of Canadian academic-institution faculty members in a variety of academic disciplines.