Impactful research is a defining strength of the University of Waterloo, with a deep commitment to developing and applying novel technologies while mobilizing knowledge to create meaningful local, national, and global impact. In 2024–25 alone, Waterloo attracted more than $286 million in public and private research funding across a broad spectrum of societal and technological challenges, collaborating with over 1160 partners across industry, government and not-for-profit organizations. A significant portion of this success is driven by strong partnerships—with approximately one-third of research funding coming from corporate or government partnerships.
The Partnerships team can support your goals to:
- Accelerate innovation through access to cutting-edge labs, facilities, and world-class research expertise
- Co-create research objectives by facilitating collaboration with all partners to shape research questions and goals aligned to organizational priorities.
- Leverage private research budget with external funding opportunities to amplify partner resources and impact through collaborative research grants and government funding programs (e.g., NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, Mitacs, OCI)
- Recruit advanced talent through supporting research projects, developing a recruitment pipeline of highly skilled students and trainees from more than 5,000 graduate students.
- Translate research into real-world impact, whether advancing innovation, informing policy, improving services or research, outcomes are designed to be actionable and impactful.
- Establish long-term strategic partnerships and a strong reputation through collaboration with one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities
Whether you are addressing research and development needs, complex societal challenges, advancing policy or accelerating innovation, Waterloo’s dedicated team of partnership managers are ready to help.
Connect with us to explore collaboration opportunities, identify the right research expertise, and turn your organization’s priorities into impactful, evidence-driven outcomes.