Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects developing customer world models and proactive intelligence. Work spans representation learning, foundation models, reinforcement learning, agentic decision systems, and evaluation. Tasks include designing methods, running experiments, publishing findings, and potentially shipping models into production to impact customer-facing products.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects to build customer world models and proactive intelligence: developing representation learning, foundation model, RL/agentic methods, evaluation frameworks, and shipping research into production to improve customer decision-making.

Leads complex, multidisciplinary grant development projects for large-scale research funding applications. Advises researchers, coordinates internal and external reviews, interprets funding requirements, supports budgets and proposal editing, develops workshops, liaises with granting agencies and partners, and advances strategic initiatives to increase research funding success. The role also manages special projects, analyzes research trends, advises leadership, and supervises administrative support work.

Leads complex, interdisciplinary grant development from opportunity analysis through submission and post-award transition. Advises researchers, coordinates internal and external partners, manages reviews and budgets, edits proposals, develops workshops, identifies funding opportunities, and supports strategic research initiatives. The role also oversees special projects, analyzes research funding trends, prepares recommendations for leadership, and supervises administrative support work.

Conduct literature reviews, enter data in EndNote, summarize articles, perform online research and critical analysis, and prepare a research report on suicidism and other forms of oppression. The role requires bilingual French and English communication and remote work capability.

Supports the INSPIRE Core Facility by assisting with experimental setup, monitoring laboratory facilities and equipment, troubleshooting equipment failures, and managing research infrastructure. The role involves psychophysiological data collection, visual and auditory stimulus preparation, eye-tracking systems, experimental software, participant pool systems, and online survey platforms.

Contribute to the design and initial work of a multi-year ethnographic research project. Responsibilities may include developing an SSHRC grant application, preparing an annotated literature review, brainstorming fieldwork and research methods, and completing an ethics application. The project may focus on ethical questions among Muslim technology workers developing deep learning algorithms or debates about police defunding and abolition in New York City.

Conduct internet-based research on defence policy, prepare and deliver a research report, attend meetings, communicate regularly with the supervisor, and provide progress updates. The position involves 120 hours of work during the 2027 Winter Semester at the University of Ottawa.

Conduct bibliographical research, develop searchable bibliographies, and prepare written text summaries for the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. The position involves 130 hours of research assistance during the 2027 winter semester, working in English under faculty supervision.

Conduct internet-based research on defence policy, prepare and deliver a research report, attend meetings, communicate regularly with the supervisor, and provide progress updates. The position involves 65 total hours from January 11 through April 30, 2027, with work conducted in English and French.

Design and develop production-grade optimization models and services for workforce planning, forecasting, scheduling, and resource allocation. Build OR-Tools/CP-SAT constraint models, define schedule quality metrics, validate algorithm performance, and integrate optimization engines into an enterprise WFM platform. Collaborate with product, architecture, engineering, and workforce-management stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable mathematical models and operationally useful schedules.

Conduct literature searches and reviews in English and French, summarize and synthesize academic articles, organize references, maintain bibliographic databases, and support additional research tasks. The role is primarily remote with occasional campus meetings and requires independent work, strong bilingual communication, and deadline management.

Collects court decisions and media coverage, conducts legal research, and codes research materials for a University of Ottawa criminology project examining forensic kits in sexual assault legal proceedings in Quebec. The role requires 60 hours of work between January 10 and February 20, 2027, in French.

Provides timely, accurate, confidential, and non-partisan reference services to Canadian parliamentarians in person, by phone, and by email. Conducts in-depth research using print and electronic sources, provides written responses, instructs clients on library resources, and supports presentations and outreach. Maintains expertise in parliamentary affairs, library systems, collections, and information services. The role requires bilingual communication, client focus, analytical thinking, teamwork, and successful security screening.

Conduct participant engagement and data collection, perform literature searches and reviews, develop and maintain ethics protocols, manage research data and protocols, conduct dyadic data analyses, and draft manuscripts in English. The research focuses on chronic pelvic pain, patient autonomy, and sexual health.

Conducts research on health care utilization in minority-language settings. Responsibilities include developing empirical analysis plans, performing econometric and statistical analyses, interpreting results, preparing tables and figures, and drafting preliminary findings and research reports using administrative or survey data.

Conducts academic research on intersectionality, anti-Black racism, migration, solidarity, and intercultural intervention. Responsibilities include co-authoring a book chapter, organizing public discussions, translating research materials into English, and producing a literature review. The role requires independent work, data organization, critical analysis, and knowledge of intercultural and anti-racist intervention. English and French are the working languages; knowledge of irregular migration in Morocco is an asset.

Conducts research on electricity consumption, air quality, and heat pump energy-use data. Responsibilities include data analysis, writing and editing, and constructing a theoretical model. The position is based at the University of Ottawa during the 2027 winter semester, with 120 total work hours.

Conduct research in macroeconomics and labor markets, including data work, literature reviews, coding, statistical analysis, and assistance with labor-market dynamics research projects. The role requires a strong economics background, particularly in macroeconomics or labor economics. Experience with Stata, R, MATLAB, or Python is preferred. The position involves 130 hours of work from January through April 2027.

Coordinate logistics for two bilingual workshops, including room bookings, catering, audiovisual and IT support. Manage participant registration and communications, configure AI-mediated translation, update the project website, coordinate volunteers, provide on-site event support, take notes, and track tasks, timelines, and budgets.

Supports workshop development, mentorship coordination, participant matching, session note-taking, feedback on research data management and knowledge mobilization plans, and bilingual publication of workshop proceedings. The assistant also supports additional research project tasks and must attend both workshops in person.

Leads translational and non-interventional biomarker studies in immunology, including protocol development, target validation, mechanism-of-action research, data analysis, and quality assurance. Provides scientific and strategic leadership across preclinical and clinical development, collaborates with internal and external research partners, supports regulatory and clinical documentation, and supervises research scientists. The role bridges preclinical research and early clinical development to inform therapeutic-area strategies and development decisions.

Leads the University of Ottawa’s international research portfolio, strategy, partnerships, agreements, funding opportunities, events, and institutional initiatives. Advises the Vice-President, Research and Innovation; represents the university with international stakeholders; manages staff and administrative operations; supports international postgraduate recruitment; and promotes the university’s global research reputation. The role requires extensive academic research administration experience, bilingual French-English communication, strategic leadership, and a PhD.

Supports market research projects from design through reporting. Responsibilities include assisting with questionnaires and discussion guides, checking survey materials, managing fieldwork and recruitment, conducting qualitative research, preparing analysis plans, validating data tables, summarizing findings, analyzing results, and creating client-ready reports. The role requires strong numeracy, communication, teamwork, organization, multitasking, and the ability to turn research data into actionable insights.

Conduct quantitative and qualitative market research projects for clients, managing the full project lifecycle from research design and questionnaires through data analysis, reporting, and presentations. Serve as a key client contact, develop actionable insights and recommendations, coordinate internal teams, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. The role focuses on shopper research across retail, packaging, planograms, signage, and path-to-purchase experiences.