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.
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.
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Ordinary Deaths is Anything But
The new book by Samuel LeBaron, PhD, MD’89, is an introspective look at death and loss. Writing the book was a 15-year process made all the more poignant by the fact that LeBaron is, himself, dying. T...
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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Read stories of groundbreaking discovery taking place in all disciplines at the University of Calgary.