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.
UCalgary is driven by our Eyes High strategy to sharpen focus on research and scholarship, enrich the quality and breadth of learning, and integrate with the community.
To achieve this goal, we designed our Research Plan to focus on three major priorities: Matching Strengths with Opportunities, Increasing Research Capacity, and Driving Innovation.
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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
Quantum City Challenge: Quantum experts from around the world invited to work on 3 problems specific to Alberta
Global computing competition, open until March 2024, unveiled at sold-out inaugural qConnect summit
Finding alternatives to century-old industrial chemical process brings joy to PhD candidate
Alejandro J. Cuellar De Lucio wins Vanier Graduate Scholarship for researching eco-friendly method of producing ammonia
UCalgary researcher wins prestigious award for helping develop non-opioid painkillers
Ketul Patel receives Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation—Postdoctoral for his work developing a first-of-its-kind, non-addictive medication to treat chronic pain
One Child Every Child grant supports research for rare childhood diseases
Cohort of specialists can now focus on getting rapid, accurate diagnoses of ballooning number of immune-related conditions
UCalgary awarded 2 prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs
World-renowned researchers will establish ambitious programs in Indigenous ways of sustainability and quantum science
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UCeed company aims to change standard of care for chronic pain
Zymedyne Therapeutics is one of 44 startups in UCeed's investment portfolio
Peak Scholars in COVID-19 Innovation Excellence
Scholars recognized for their commitment to entrepreneurialism and innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic
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