Tools

• Safeguarding your research - September 2020
• Writing a grant: Dos and don'ts
• Advice for writing a successful SSHRC application
• SSHRC Insight Grants Webinar: 2022-2023 Presentation
• The art of writing a CIHR Application
• Checklist for submitting an application to CIHR
• How to Prepare an NSERC Grant Application
• NSERC Guidelines on the assessment of contributions to research, training and mentoring
• NSERC Guide on integrating EDI considerations in research
• Government of Canada Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus)
• Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research
• SSHRC Guidelines for Effective Knowledge Mobilization
• Data Management Plan Assistant (DMP Assistant)

• Tri-agency Guide on Financial Administration (Effective April 1, 2023)
• Budget Guidelines for Tri-Council Applications
• Budget Guidelines for In-Kind Expenses
• Postdoctoral Fellow Salary Calculation Chart
• National Joint Council - Rates and Allowances

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 preparing your budgets for internal and external funding applications.

• Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Excellence Award
• Early Career Researcher of the Year Award
• APUO Award for Excellence in Research

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Research projects that include 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
• 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 (2022)
• 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.

• ISPR Student Pool
• Info-Session presentation (PDF)
• SONA Systems Portal
• How-to guide for REB Applications using ISPR (PDF)
• FAQ about ISPR (PDF)

• Fieldwork safety guidelines
• Fieldwork form

• Guidelines for hiring a research assistant
• Request for a Research Assistant Posting
• Request for Bursary form

• Centre for Research Opportunities
• Guideline for inviting a postdoctoral fellow
• For questions, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Mitigating economic and or geopolitical risks in sensitive research projects
• Travel security guide for university researchers and staff

• Researcher Reference Guide
• Research Grants - Research Management Services
• RE Form
• Research Contracts – Innovation Support Services (ISS)
• E-Travel

• Predatory Publications: What they are and how to avoid them
• Decision-making diagram for predatory journals
• Decision-making diagram for predatory conferences
• Identifying predatory or pseudo-journals
• OHRI - Centre for Journalology - Predatory Journals
• Article - Predatory Journals: No definition, no defense
• Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
• Deceptive Publishers

• NVivo software

• Qualtrics Surveys

• One Drive