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Max Planck Society for the advancement of science: The society supports fundamental research in the natural, life and social sciences, arts and humanities. The University has research collaborations in numerous disciplines, including a joint Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics established in 2015.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences: The academy has been ranked the No. 1 research institute in the world by Nature Index. Since a 2005 agreement, uOttawa has rapidly expanded its collaborations, from obstetrics to systems biology, fish biology, social sciences and many other key areas of knowledge.
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National Cheng Kung University: A public research university located in Tainan, Taiwan, it is best known for engineering, computer science and medicine. Since 2011, an agreement has allowed research partnerships in these areas to take off, encouraging exchanges of both professors and students.
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National Centre for Scientific Research: This French state research organization is the largest basic science agency in Europe. Over the years, several joint research projects and other forms of exchanges have involved a significant number of uOttawa researchers. In 2022, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique Office for Canada was established at the University of Ottawa.
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Université Claude Bernard de Lyon 1: The university has 65 state-funded research units working in three fields: health, the environment and material technologies. University of Ottawa researchers have longstanding collaborations in these areas and many others.
International Research and Experiential Learning

International Research and Experiential Learning (IREX) is a recently-created unit of the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation (OVPRI) resulting from the merger of the Office of International Research and the Centre for Research Opportunities. IREX helps University of Ottawa researchers address challenges facing the world, in collaboration with leading national and international partners, by serving the research community, ensuring compliance, and creating research partnerships of global significance
International impact
$13M
In extramural grants and contracts involving international partners (2020)
>$750K
Internal seed funds leveraging and over $350K in counterpart cash contribution (2020)
1st
Rank in growth of International Collaboration Publication (580% over 2000-2019 period)
Funding opportunities

uOttawa-Mitacs International Research Training Award
In partnership with Mitacs, this program funds uOttawa senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to conduct 12- to 24-week research projects at a partner institution. The program also allows international students to conduct research on campus under the supervision of a professor.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
This program provides part-time opportunities to University of Ottawa senior undergraduate students to work on a research project, to stimulate their interest in research and encourage them to pursue graduate studies and a research career.

Visiting Researchers Program
This program provides funding for short visits by international researchers to the University of Ottawa, to foster scholarly exchanges, enrich the student experience and increase the visibility of uOttawa within the international research community.

Fulbright Canada Research Chairs
Through this program, American researchers spend four months on campus conducting collaborative research, providing public lectures, and instructing and mentoring students.

France Canada Research Fund
This fund supports new collaborations between Canada and France. Open to all research fields, these two-year projects promote early-career researchers’ and graduate students’ research mobility.

Academia Sinica-University of Ottawa Fund
This fund supports a bilateral scientific exchange program launched in 2020 that facilitates two-year multidisciplinary projects and encourages the next generation of researchers to forge relations between the two institutions.
Our partners
Contact us
International Research and Experiential Learning (IREX)
Tabaret Hall
550 Cumberland St., Room 246
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 6N5 Canada
François Carrier
Director
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Arturo Segura
Assistant director (on leave)
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Carmen Bauer
Senior project officer
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Andrew Grosvenor
Senior project officer
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Karine Barthélémy
Administrative assistant
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Mélissa Chiasson
Project officer
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Jade Fournier
Program coordinator
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Julie Vaillancourt
Program coordinator
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Antonio Ortiz
Program coordinator
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