Research Management Services

The Office of the Vice-President, Research is proud to launch the University of Ottawa Graduate Students Knowledge Mobilization Training Scholarship. This scholarship is designed to provide graduate students with financial support for their own research and knowledge mobilization activities, as well as the opportunity to develop or deepen their core knowledge and knowledge mobilization skills.

Please refer to the competition's call for proposals for more information. Feel free to write to connect@uottawa.ca if you have any questions about this new scholarship competition.

The deadline for submission is July 9, 2021. An information session on this competition will take place on Thursday, June 17 from 11:30 to 12:30 to give you the opportunity to ask questions about the competition’s requirements and evaluation criteria.

All new and ongoing projects that involve in-person research activities must follow the uOttawa Process for In-Person Research Activities. This process applies to all projects, whether they are funded or not, and regardless of where the research is being conducted (e.g., in Ottawa, another region or country), and whether or not the researcher must travel to conduct the research activities. Please consult the office of the Vice-Dean, research of your faculty if you are not sure whether a plan is needed for your project.

June 23, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST | Online | Free

Registration deadline : June 18, 2021

Enjoy a compelling conversation with Kevin Parent, Social Media Lead, at Ottawa Public Health (OPH).

In this session, learn how to effectively reach your targeted audience, consider social media best practices, how to design content and means to amplify your research globally.

Grant Value: $ 100,000 per year for up to 2 years

Application deadline: August 10, 2021

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research that will inform effective strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine confidence and in turn, uptake, among populations experiencing systemic inequities, conditions of marginalization, Indigenous Peoples and/or among populations who are historically under-vaccinated. 

Grant Value: up to $ 25,000 per year over 2 year

Application deadline: October 15, 2021

The New Directions grants program is funded by the Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) program to support fundamental research in the petroleum field, and to develop the next generation of engineers and scientists. The grants program provides funds to scientists and engineers with limited—or even no—preliminary results for a research project they wish to pursue, and who intend to use the PRF-driven preliminary results to seek continuation funding from other agencies. 

Grant Value: up to $1,000,000 per year for up to 5 years

Registration deadline: July 7, 2021

Application deadline: December 7, 2021

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support a single nationally coordinated, interdisciplinary heart failure research network with the overall goal is to understand the underlying causes, pathophysiology and social determinants of HF and to improve the prevention, detection, management, patient outcomes, quality of life, and delivery of care of this common and multifactorial condition.