Tools
COVID-19 Information
- Research Personnel During COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID 19 and changes to the Tri-Agencies (CIHR, NSERC SSHRC) Grant Funding
- WHO Publication Database, a repository of current COVID-19 available literature
Networking Resources for COVID-19
- COGNIT.ca allows you to enter a search term and quickly see the institutions, researchers, facilities and IP most relevant to your interests.
- Crowdhelix
- COVID-19 Resources Canada Hub
- Compute Canada - Support for COVID-19 research projects
- NSERC on-line matchmaking service for researchers and partner organizations interested in the Alliance Grant COVID-19 special call
- COVID-19 Research Project Tracker, a live database of funded research projects on COVID-19 from the GloPID-R members. GloPID-R is a unique international network of major research funding organizations, which includes CIHR.
- SPOR Canadian Data Platform, which connects researchers with provincial, territorial and pan-Canadian data (COVID-19 Response)
- New Canada-Wide Network to Facilitate COVID-19 Research Collaboration
Grants
- Safeguarding your research - September 2020
- Writing a grant: Dos and don'ts
- Advice for writing a successful SSHRC application
- The art of writing a CIHR Application
- Checklist for submitting an application to CIHR
- How to Prepare an NSERC Grant Application
- HQP Examples from NSERC Funded Applications
- NSERC DG HQP Training Presentation
- EDI Guidelines for Tri-Council Applications
- Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration (Effective April 1, 2020)
NSERC: Alliance resources to help prepare an application
- PowerPoint presentation: Preparing an Alliance application (NEW)
- PowerPoint presentation with notes: Preparing an Alliance application (NEW)
- Alliance grant application checklist
- Equity, diversity and inclusion in the training plan
- Partner organization self-assessment tool
Budget
- General Guidelines – Eligibility of Research Expenses
- Softwares
- Budget Guidelines for Tri-Council Applications
- Budget Guidelines for In-Kind Expenses
- Postdoctoral Fellow Salary Calculation Chart
The University of Ottawa Computing and Communications Services (CCS) offers software packages and licenses at discounted rates for faculty and students. These rates should be used when building your budgets for internal and external funding applications.
Ethics
Research projects including human subjects will require ethics approval. Here are some tools and information to assist you in this process of obtaining ethics certification:
- Office of Research Ethics and Integrity - Website
- Ethics Approval for Research Involving Human Participants - OREI
- Who can submit?
- Application for Ethic Certificate: A Few Tips
- The TCPS 2 Tutorial: Course on Research Ethics (CORE)
- Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2018)
- Sensibilisation tools - Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
For advice on ethics submissions, please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fieldwork and risk management
Hiring a Research Assistant
- Guidelines for hiring a research assistant
- Request for a Research Assistant Posting
- Request for Bursary form
Visiting Researchers and Students
- Guidelines for inviting a visiting professor or student
- Guideline for inviting a postdoctoral fellow
- Research Placement Form
International Travel and Safety
- Mitigating economic and or geopolitical risks in sensitive research projects
- Travel security guide for university researchers and staff
MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS
- Researcher Reference Guide
- Research Grants - Research Management Services
- RE Form
- Research Contracts – Innovation Support Services (ISS)
- E-Travel
Predatory Publications and Conferences
- Predatory Publications: What they are and how to avoid them
- Identifying predatory or pseudo-journals
