Office of Research Security

Research Security or Safeguarding Research, is an actively evolving topic across Canadian universities. The University of Manitoba is actively working to ensure we continue to safeguard researchers and their work.

On this page

This site will be expanded over the coming months with resources for the University of Manitoba’s research community. Contact research.security@umanitoba.ca with any questions.

The Vice-President (Research and International) Office is diligently working to integrate Research Security into our administrative and operational processes and to ease the administrative burden of our Research Community.

What is research security?

Research Security refers to the ability to identify possible risks to your work through unwanted access, interference, or theft and the measures that minimize these risk and protect the inputs, processes, and products that are party of scientific research and discovery.

For more information please visit the Office of Research Security Intranet Page.

Funding

Research Security at UM is funded by the Research Security Fund and is categorized as the fifth priority area of the IPGs. More information about the funds and how they are used can be found on the Research Support Fund webpage.

Research Security Statement

The University of Manitoba recognizes the value of open science, partnerships, and international collaboration and believes these values are the catalyst for greater innovation, research, and development. We aim to facilitate open science and systematically assess and mitigate risks to protect researchers and their research from harm, theft, and foreign interference.

Government updates

The Research Security portfolio is actively evolving. Updates can be found here:

Contact us

Office of Research Security
c/o 410 Administration Building,
66 Chancellor’s Circle
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada