The University of Waterloo is committed to the safety of its students, faculty, and staff as they travel to undertake research. Waterloo International provides resources and support to those travelling abroad.
Requirements for conducting international research
- Review the Waterloo guidelines on international travel.
- Submit Fieldwork travel and risk management forms to the Safety Office.
- Refer to the guidelines on human participant protections regulations, guidelines and laws by country. A country, outside of North America, may have regulations for conducting research by foreign researchers.
- Determine if there are any regulations and respond to these requirements. For example, you may need to:
- have a collaborator within the country
- submit a research ethics application to a government agency (which can take several months)
- obtain a research visa