Top Research Jobs in Ottawa

Conduct research assistant work under the supervision of Tya Collins in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education during the Fall 2026 semester. Specific duties will be negotiated with the supervisor. The position includes 50 total hours from October 12 through December 21, 2026, and requires completion of mandatory legislated University training.

Conduct legal research and contribute to writing and updating Common Law texts for the “Common Law en Bref” project. The role requires familiarity with Canadian legal citation rules, enrollment in a University of Ottawa Faculty of Law program, and English and French work proficiency. The 75-hour contract runs from October 19 to December 22, 2026, with potential renewal through April 9, 2027.

Conduct music transcription research as a doctoral student in Music. The role requires demonstrated experience with music transcription and proficiency in MuseScore and Sibelius. Work is performed in person at the University of Ottawa’s main campus for 130 total hours between October 2026 and March 2027.

Conduct literature searches and reviews in English and French, summarize and synthesize academic articles, organize references, maintain a bibliographic database, and support related research tasks. The role requires independent work, strong bilingual writing and reading skills, familiarity with academic databases, and the ability to meet deadlines. Work is primarily remote for 16 total hours between October 19 and November 6, 2026.

Supports the team responsible for disseminating a political dictionary focused on the municipal sphere. Prepares visual materials for a knowledge-mobilization project. The position is based on the main campus, requires 45 hours of work between October 13 and November 27, 2026, and is performed in French. Applicants must be doctoral students.

Manages the scientific, financial, operational, personnel, infrastructure, and regulatory activities of a major research laboratory. Oversees concurrent research projects, grants, budgets, equipment, analytical methods, quality programs, safety, and compliance. Supervises staff and users, advises researchers on analytical techniques, develops new methods, supports funding proposals, and builds relationships with academic, government, Indigenous, and external stakeholders. The role also promotes research services, maintains facility capabilities, and contributes to publications, conferences, and reports.

Coordinates and manages interdisciplinary research projects involving qualitative and quantitative methods, field research, data collection, database management, analysis, ethics, regulatory compliance, reporting, publications, and dissemination. Supervises students and research staff, monitors project finances and deadlines, develops research instruments and quality controls, and supports grant proposals and stakeholder collaboration.

Leads interdisciplinary Arctic research projects involving climate change, sea ice, shipping, and northern communities. Responsibilities include research design, qualitative and quantitative analysis, ethics and data integrity, project budgets, team supervision, stakeholder partnerships, reporting, publications, conferences, and knowledge dissemination. The role also develops proposals, manages research administration, and promotes research impact through policy advice and public engagement.

Assists with research on apocalyptic politics, including case studies, literature reviews, media scans, and proofreading. The role requires strong research abilities, comfort with complex theoretical literature, clear writing, attention to detail, and independent project management. Most materials are in English; French or other language skills are advantageous. The position is suitable for a doctoral student or advanced MA student.

Conduct participant recruitment and screening, in-person data collection, data management, entry, processing, and analysis. Perform advanced sleep- and circadian-related research analyses. The role requires an undergraduate degree in psychology or a related field and some graduate-level research experience.

Conduct legal research, writing, and editing for a project examining data transparency and tenant access to justice in Ontario. Research will identify, collect, and analyze information about tenant representation at the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board and the operation of the Residential Tenancies Act and Board. Preferred qualifications include interest in access to justice, data gathering and processing experience, and experience with access-to-information requests.

Conduct legal research, writing, editing, data gathering, and analysis for a project examining data transparency, tenant representation, access to justice, and Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board operations. The role requires a law student who has completed at least first year and demonstrates strong research and writing abilities. Preferred qualifications include interest in access-to-justice issues, data processing experience, and experience with access-to-information requests.

Teach a three-credit graduate course introducing quantitative research planning, analysis, and interpretation across experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, and mixed-method designs. Responsibilities include synchronous videoconference instruction during scheduled hours and applying information and communication technologies in teaching. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in education or a related field, demonstrate course expertise, have recent publications, and understand technology-supported teaching methods.

Conduct qualitative data analysis, draft sections of a research project report, and complete literature reviews under the supervision of John Ranellucci. The position runs from October 2026 through April 2027 for 260 total hours at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education.

Conduct academic and grey-literature searches on relational governance and Anicinape knowledge systems. Identify and organize relevant publications, prepare analytical summaries and synthesis tables, manage references in Zotero, and support the identification of emerging concepts and theoretical debates. The role requires knowledge of First Nations contexts, literature-review experience, familiarity with qualitative and collaborative research methods, and interest in Indigenous ethics, governance, and knowledge revitalization.

Supports university researchers with grant, award, and research contract administration. Reviews applications and budgets for compliance, advises on ethics and submission requirements, coordinates internal competitions and external submissions, drafts support letters, manages research data, conducts bibliometric analyses, and develops research funding communications and workshops.

Provides research support to students, faculty, and staff in communications, media, newspapers, linguistics, modern languages, translation, and bilingualism studies. Responsibilities include research consultations, information-literacy instruction, research-guide development, liaison relationship management, collection-development input, service assessment, and collaboration on institutional research priorities. The role requires bilingual French-English communication, scholarly resource expertise, teaching and research-support experience, and an MLIS degree.

Supports mergers and acquisitions by qualifying prospects, maintaining CRM data and dashboards, conducting market and company research, analyzing industry trends, evaluating data sources, researching M&A advisors, and reporting pipeline KPIs. The role also assists senior M&A and corporate development leaders with ad hoc analysis and capital deployment projects.

Directs research and development strategy, software product development, technology roadmaps, budgets, KPIs, and project delivery. Leads and mentors R&D staff, coordinates cross-functional teams, manages risks and dependencies, and reports to executive leadership. The role requires extensive software development, program management, people leadership, financial planning, and bilingual English-Korean communication. International travel to South Korea is required approximately once or twice annually.

Develops, validates, and supports R Shiny applications and reusable programming utilities for clinical trial review, data visualization, statistical reporting, quality control, and regulatory submissions. Uses R, SAS, and Python while collaborating with biostatisticians, statistical programmers, data management, clinical operations, and IT. Ensures solutions meet GxP, Computer Software Assurance, testing, scalability, performance, and company standards.

Build tools and infrastructure for training language and multi-agent models in interactive environments; research and implement advances in language modeling and reinforcement learning; contribute to publications and open-source projects.

Designs benchmarks, reinforcement learning environments, evaluation methodologies, scoring frameworks, and reproducible evaluation architectures for frontier models. Builds and ships production code, maintains data pipelines, analyzes results, and collaborates with research scientists, solutions architects, and ML engineers. The role combines independent research methodology with hands-on engineering across agentic systems, model evaluation, and RL infrastructure.

As a Research Engineer, you will integrate ML models into planning stacks, develop testing interfaces, and collaborate with teams to enhance autonomous truck capabilities.

Leads immunology clinical research from target prioritization and preclinical translation through first-in-disease programs. Partners with discovery, translational medicine, clinical development, and business development teams to evaluate assets, shape clinical strategies, design early-phase studies, define biomarkers and patient populations, and support go/no-go decisions. Serves as a hands-on clinical subject matter expert in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, representing the organization with scientific leaders, investigators, regulators, and internal stakeholders.

Conduct independent research on frontier AI evaluation and auditing. Design rigorous evaluations, audit methods, and reproducible experimental pipelines; analyze model capabilities, risks, robustness, and alignment-relevant behavior. Produce audit reports, recommendations, publications, tools, and presentations while collaborating with technical, policy, engineering, and standards teams. The role requires careful handling of confidential information and may involve pilot audits with frontier AI companies.