UCalgary does research that changes the world.
Our scholars are making a positive impact in your community.
UCalgary is on a mission to discover new knowledge and translate our discoveries into applications that provide benefits to our communities.
One Child Every Child
UCalgary was awarded $125m from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund for One Child Every Child, to transform the lives of all our kids.
One Child Every Child is a Canada-first research initiative with a vision for all children to be healthy, empowered and thriving.
Research at UCalgary
The University of Calgary is one of Canada’s top comprehensive research universities, with a mission to discover new knowledge and translate our discoveries into applications that provide benefits to our local, national and international communities.
The University of Calgary’s remarkable trajectory is the result of our dedication to innovation, community-engaged scholarship and research impact. Academic excellence, knowledge creation and transdisciplinary scholarship fuel our researchers’ pursuit of solutions to society’s most pressing challenges. Ahead of Tomorrow is the university's strategic plan that shapes our journey toward 2030, to maximize research impact and become a #1 University in U15 by research revenue per scholar.
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Participate in Research
We conduct research that changes the world.
UCalgary believes in thinking creatively and courageously, and in doing research that has a positive impact on our communities at home and around the world. Our scholars conduct research studies and clinical trials in a vast range of disciplines, from MRIs to understand childhood brain development, to online surveys that help us understand how people interact on social media.
And we need your help to do it.
Research News
Four University of Calgary faculty named to incoming class of Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Chad Bousman, Jinguang Hu, Myrle Ballard, and Amanda Melin recognized as emerging generation of intellectual leadership
Royal Society of Canada announces 2025 Fellows including three UCalgary scholars
Henry Leung, Bruce Pike, and Frank Stahnisch recognized with Canada’s top academic honour
Solutions Lab invites UCalgary students to step up and build tools for Buy Canadian initiative
Applications for annual social innovation challenge open until Sept. 21
$2.5 million CIHR grant invests in youth-led research to improve health and wellness services
Funding will evaluate Kickstand’s expansion into Alberta's rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, while supporting youth-led research
Oil and gas well-testing technology developed at UCalgary now an option for industry in Alberta, B.C.
Chris Clarkson and his team develop a quicker alternative to conventional methods
UCalgary teams receive funding to explore high-risk, high-reward research
Four of 11 projects using AI to explore something new without fear of failure
UCalgary Visiting Scholars Program
Fostering international collaboration and academic exchange to enhance research and innovation