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    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 amongÌýleading researchers, scholars and innovators making a real and measured impact.

    Research Leadership

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    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 ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ 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

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    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%

    ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ 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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