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- 2 Endowed and Honorific Research Chairs
- 2 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- 6 Ontario Tech University Research Excellence Chairs
- 2 NSERC Industrial Chairs
- 11 Canada Research Chairs
- Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation
- Internet of Things
- Digital Life, Media and Culture
- Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification
We are home to more than 80 specialized research labs and facilities, including the Aquatic Toxicology Lab, the Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE), and the Climatic Wind Tunnel. Find us on the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) – Research Facilities Navigator.
In 2022, Maclean’s ranked Ontario Tech as #2 in Total Research Dollars for a primarily undergraduate institution.
Maclean’s has also ranked us as #1 in Social Sciences & Humanities Grants and #3 in Medical/Science Grants.
In 2021 to 2022, Research Grants & Contracts totaled $25,528,591.
Re$earch Infosource awarded us a #2 ranking as Research University of the Year (Undergraduate) for 2022. We are also ranked as:
- #1 in Ontario for Research University of the Year (Undergraduate)
- #1 in NSERC Research Income (Undergraduate) for the five-year period from FY 2017 to FY 2021 with $20.2 million
- #1 in Canada for publication intensity among smaller universities (research published in peer-reviewed journals)
- #3 in the Undergraduate category for research intensity per faculty member
- Read our full release on our FY 2021-2022 achievements.
- Provided more than $390K in funding
- Incubated over 200 start-up companies
- Mentored 450 entrepreneurs
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Are you an Ontario Tech researcher accomplishing ground-breaking things? Share your news with us at research@ontariotechu.ca.