Innovation Impact
Learn how UCalgary researchers, students, postdocs, and staff are making a positive difference in our world.
University innovation, knowledge engagement and commercialization deliver tangible impact that includes job and new venture creation, product and service sales, and new research opportunities.
It creates economic impact through social and technical advances that lead to new technologies, policies and behaviors, and healthier societies. In Canada, research universities are responsible for 83% of all contracted private-sector research.
Growing innovation at the University of Calgary aligns with federal and provincial Government and City of Calgary strategies for economic growth, builds upon our existing strategies for enhancing the value propositions of the university (Student Experience and Impact), and is derived from our commitment to excellence in Research and Teaching.
Innovation News
UCalgary engineering students create neuromonitoring device for children on life-support
NeuraSense provides continuous, non-invasive stroke-monitoring system for kids
UCalgary students place third globally in Map the System social innovation competition
Team achieves podium finish — a first for UCalgary at Oxford event — highlighting cross-faculty collaboration
A nanotech legacy: Canada Excellence Research Chair lab sparked oil and gas innovation
UCalgary hub led by scientist Steven Bryant has been finding solutions for industry since 2014
UCalgary research receives $36.6M in federal funding
Funding will support scholars across campus in their pursuit of research and innovation excellence
UCalgary student's IV-friendly hoodie delivers function with comfort
Health sciences student, Maddison Tory, creates adaptive clothing startup to fill gap in patient care with support from Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking
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Updated: What you’re up to during Stampede Week 2025
Diving into festivities in Western style, faculty and staff share some of their activities