Building Strategic Collaborations Across Research,
Healthcare, Innovation, and Society
NBIIC-HI develops structured institutional partnerships with universities, hospitals, research institutions, healthcare organizations, innovation platforms, professional bodies, public-sector organizations, and community partners.
Through its Canada-based international platform, NBIIC-HI supports bilateral and multilateral collaboration connecting research, innovation, clinical expertise, talent, institutional resources, and international networks.
Partnerships are developed according to shared objectives, complementary capabilities, clearly defined responsibilities, and responsible pathways toward long-term healthcare impact.
Meaningful healthcare innovation requires collaboration across disciplines, institutions, sectors, and borders. NBIIC-HI helps participating organizations translate shared interests into structured programs, collaborative platforms, and sustainable institutional relationships.
Our partnership framework promotes scientific integrity, institutional trust, mutual value, transparent communication, clearly defined responsibilities, and long-term collaboration.
By connecting academic research, clinical expertise, innovation capabilities, talent, and international networks, institutional partnerships can contribute to NBIIC-HI's broader pathway from research to sustainable healthcare impact.
NBIIC-HI develops partnerships with different types of organizations according to their institutional roles, expertise, resources, and shared collaboration objectives.
Universities, colleges, research institutes, laboratories, academic societies, and scholarly organizations. Collaboration may include joint research, international grant development, academic exchange, visiting scholar programs, research training, knowledge translation, and scholarly outputs.
Hospitals, clinical departments, medical centres, healthcare organizations, and clinical research networks. Collaboration may involve clinical research, real-world evidence, multicentre coordination, technology evaluation, professional exchange, and responsible international medical cooperation.
Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical technology, digital health, healthcare innovation, and technical-platform organizations. Collaboration may support technology translation, validation, product or platform development, innovation incubation, and responsible engagement across academia, healthcare, and industry.
Government agencies, public-sector organizations, professional associations, charitable organizations, and community partners. Collaboration may support public-health dialogue, policy-informed research, health education, resource coordination, professional engagement, and community-oriented initiatives.
Institutional partnerships may be developed through formats including, but not limited to:
Institutional partnerships are developed progressively according to the objectives, capabilities, responsibilities, and requirements of participating organizations.
Clarifying shared priorities, institutional objectives, expected value, and the proposed scope of collaboration.
Identifying participating organizations, institutional leads, available expertise, resources, responsibilities, and potential activities.
Developing appropriate agreements, terms of reference, governance arrangements, intellectual-property considerations, and administrative procedures.
Launching agreed research, academic, clinical, innovation, talent, or public-interest activities according to the approved framework.
Reviewing progress, outcomes, institutional value, and opportunities for continuation, expansion, or future collaboration.
Confirmed partnerships are presented publicly only following mutual confirmation by participating organizations and completion of appropriate institutional documentation.
Institutional partnerships may be implemented through different NBIIC-HI programs and collaborative platforms.
Long-term institutional platforms for research, technical cooperation, talent development, and translation.
Explore Joint LaboratoriesInstitutional collaboration involving clinical research, evidence development, international medical cooperation, and healthcare coordination.
Explore Clinical CollaborationInternational grant development, collaborative research programs, funding pathway identification, and cross-institutional project coordination.
Explore Global Grant & Project SupportInternational talent connection, academic exchange, training, and institutional opportunity development.
Explore Talent & Collaboration OpportunitiesNBIIC-HI develops institutional partnerships through transparency, mutual respect, appropriate due diligence, clearly defined responsibilities, and alignment with applicable institutional and professional requirements.
Formal activities involving research ethics, clinical care, patient information, data protection, intellectual property, funding, immigration, legal agreements, regulated technologies, or professional practice remain subject to the authorization and responsibilities of participating institutions and appropriately qualified professionals.
Information about confirmed partnerships may be updated following mutual consultation, changes in collaboration status, or institutional requirements.
NBIIC-HI welcomes preliminary discussions with universities, hospitals, research institutions, healthcare organizations, innovation platforms, professional associations, public-sector organizations, companies, and community partners seeking to develop responsible international collaboration.
Proposed partnerships may involve research, innovation, clinical collaboration, talent development, academic exchange, public-health initiatives, or broader institutional cooperation.
Download Institutional Partnership Application FormSubmit the form and any permitted supporting documents to: admin@nbiic.ca
Suggested subject line: Institutional Partnership Application – [Institution Name]
Submission of an enquiry or application does not constitute automatic partnership approval, funding commitment, institutional endorsement, or participation in a specific program.
