The Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI) is an independent international research partnership that effectively amalgamates the scientific and technical expertise of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres in Germany and the University of Alberta in Canada to jointly develop solutions to key challenges in fields such as energy and the environment, ecosystem and resource informatics, and health.
The first joint collaborative research project under the initiative started in 2010 with six topics of global relevance in the area of Energy and Environment research. In 2011, advanced negotiations have been conducted on the topic of Infectious Diseases Research. Other novel cooperation projects are currently under investigation in the area of Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Terrestrial Ecosystem and Resource Informatics and Resource Technologies.
