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Prioritize multi-partner, multi-institutional and international collaborative research and funding initiatives that target areas of global excellence and growth to address grand challenges.

launched in 2023 as a research partnership across the universities of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, Calgary, and Lethbridge.  to expand ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s quantum science capacity and pursue transformation research. 

Bridging Divides is a national, multi-institutional research program examining key areas relevant to immigrant integration. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ researchers will contribute their expertise to the themes of Place and Infrastructure, Citizenship and Participation, Immigrant Health and Well-being,  as well as Employment and Lifelong Learning.

As a partner in the NATO Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) network, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is contributing to an international network of researchers, startups, and technology companies to generate innovative solutions for defence, security, and peace.

Align research chairs and allocations for infrastructure funding with areas of research strength, innovation and creative activity, while honouring our commitments to EDI and Indigeneity.

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and the (Amii) recruited 20 Canada CIFAR AI chairs to build on our foundation of AI excellence and focus on health, energy, and Indigenous leadership. The chairs will also increase our graduate student capacity, cultivating the next generation of AI researchers.

Leverage the colleges to conceptualize and lead large-scale, collaborative, multidisciplinary research initiatives.

The Climate Change and Health Hub is fostering multidisciplinary research to gain a deeper understanding of climate change's effects on human and planetary health and to find evidence-based solutions to its current impacts. Research findings inform educational outreach and advocacy for policies and actions.

The Canada First Excellence Research Fund (CFERF) supported the One Child Every Child collaborative interdisciplinary research initiative focused on child health and wellness research. Led by the University of Calgary, institutional research partners include the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, through the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI).

Leverage the strength of centres and institutes across the university to create and nurture multidisciplinary research hubs or networks in areas of global excellence and growth in addressing grand challenges for maximum impact.

The Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research celebrated over 20 years of international research collaborations (2,200 publications), institutional agreements, and student exchange opportunities. In 2024, the university launched a seed grant program with design assistance and financial support from the Faculty of Arts ($65,000) and the Office of the Vice President of Research and Innovation ($115,000). The seed grant will enable five interdisciplinary teams of Canadian and Japanese researchers to seek national funding for collaborative research projects. 

The ) in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities is a collective of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ based researchers, including from four comprehensive academic and research universities, positioned to help inform provincial, regional, and federal labour market policies.

The in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry works to improve abilities and life experiences for people with neural injuries and diseases. iSMART’s researchers come from various disciplines and its expansive core facilities span 11 buildings across campus.

Leverage the strength of centres and institutes across the university to respond to targeted multidisciplinary research and training challenges, priorities and funding calls.

The coordinated a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional proposal to respond to the 2024 NFRF-T competitions.

Establish an institutional Strategic Research Initiatives Fund to support and leverage areas to address grand challenges for maximum impact, innovation and creative activity, and increase sponsored research funding.

The Institutional Strategic Research Initiatives Fund was launched to enhance the university’s research performance in alignment with Forward with Purpose.

Maintain participation in key international research networks to develop meaningful, mutually beneficial and sustainable research partnerships.

As a member of the World Universities Network (WUN), the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ fosters institutional research partnerships and shares its expertise globally.

Build bilateral relationships with institutions across the globe with a focus on countries in the Global South to enhance our global citizenship and strengthen our research through a diversity of perspectives.

A delegation of senior leaders and professors from the visited the U of A in March 2024 for a workshop on the topic of energy transitions. In March 2024, a one year seed grant program was launched with IITK and 8 joint research projects were funded in the area of energy transitions.

offered Senior Research Fellowships to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ postdoctoral researchers and faculty. In January 2024, the U of A hosted a workshop on Materials and Artificial Intelligence at RWTH Aachen University.

The Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) established joint Seed Grant Programs with international partners. These programs aim to foster collaborations between ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and international institutions, with the goal of establishing long-term partnerships.