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Discover research at Queen's

One of the top universities in Canada, Queen’s has a long history of discovery and innovation that has shaped our knowledge and helped to address some of the world’s deepest mysteries and most pressing questions, including issues of environmental protection, health care, and the development of advanced technologies. For more than 175 years, Queen’s has brought together and built synergies among leading researchers, scholars and innovators making a real and measured impact.

Our research environment

The university fosters a dynamic, welcoming and collaborative environment of focused inquiry where scientists, artists, and scholars across disciplines share ideas and challenge the boundaries of what’s known and understood to effect change. We are ambitious about building synergies – strengthening our relationships with current partners, and working to establish new ones.

Through our work with national and international collaborators, governments, communities, and industry partners, we will facilitate knowledge translation and exchange, advancing the research continuum – from fundamental science to tangible impact.

Excellence in Astroparticle Physics

Nobel medal

2015

Nobel Prize in Physics

– Arthur B. McDonald, co-recipient

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$63.8M

Canada First Research Excellence Fund

Strategic Research Plan

The research mission at Queen’s is guided by Queen's Strategic Research Plan 2018-2023: Excellence in Research through Diversity of Thought and Understanding.

Our strategic research plan identifies six primary research themes that highlight a spectrum of research and embrace both established and emerging strengths and priorities.

Award-winning Research

4th place medal

4TH

Awards per faculty in Canada

– Maclean’s Rankings 2022

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91

Fellows of the
Royal Society of Canada

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17

Members of the College of
New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
of the Royal Society of Canada

 

2015

Nobel Prize in Physics

– Arthur B. McDonald

2019

SSHRC Gold Medal

– Will Kymlicka

NSERC Brockhouse Canada

– Warren Mabee, Pascale Champagne, Michael Cunningham, Philip Jessop

Order of Canada

– Brian Osbourne, Duncan Sinclair, Peter Harrison

Indspire Award

– Karen Lawford

2020

NSERC Science Promotion

– Lynda Colgan

Molson Prize

– David Lyon

2021

IEEE Medal in Power Electronics

– Praveen Jain

Order of Canada

– Jacalyn Duffin

Canada Gairdner Wightman Award

– Elizabeth Eisenhauer

2022

NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Science and Engineering Research

– R. Kerry Rowe

Advancing Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Skills Development since 2013

more than

120

Startups and SMEs created

more than

600

Startups and regional SMEs supported

more than

1,000

Women entrepreneurs supported (We-CAN program)

11%

Queen's economic activity makes up 11% of the local GDP from Belleville to Brockville

$620M

The university has attracted nearly $620 million in research and development to Kingston since 2013

more than

$225M

Investment dollars attracted

more than

$13M

Royalties received and returned to investors

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