Partnership services and resources
Partner with Athabasca University
As Canada’s leading open and online research university, Athabasca University is committed to collaborative and co-created research solutions. Through partnerships with community groups, industry, and other academic partners, we ask and answer complex questions, so research insights and ideas have transformative impact in society.
Our Research Office team includes support for prospecting research partnerships, exploring joint opportunities, and advising agreements.
We provide partnership brokering services to help address partner identified needs and co-create solutions that integrate and extend from our researcher expertise.
Who can collaborate?
The possibilities are endless when it comes to research partnerships at AU. Whether you’re from a community organization or from the not-for-profit, for-profit industry, healthcare, government, or education sectors, we will work to minimize barriers to your project.
As our partner, you will have access to our resources and Research Office team. Together, we can develop innovative ideas, advance technologies, and solve mutually identified problems.
Looking to pursue a research partnership? Reach out to our team to explore possibilities and learn more about current opportunities.
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Receive access to funding
There are plenty of funding opportunities available for partnered researcher. Our grants development team can support prospecting and advising funded research projects for co-created solutions that involve researchers from Athabasca University.
Find and apply for fundingBook a consult meeting
We want to support you and your work - wherever you are! Athabasca University researchers and prospective external partners can book a virtual consult meeting to explore the possible and plan for impact.
Updated August 31, 2023 by Digital & Web Operations (web_services@athabascau.ca)