Webinar: Research Got Talent 2025/2026

Overview

What is Research Got Talent (RGT)?

Research Got Talent (RGT) is an international competition organised by ESOMAR that provides emerging researchers a platform to showcase how research can benefit charities or NGOs. Launched in 2019, RGT has consistently highlighted the positive contributions of the insights sector, delivering valuable research support to charitable organisations worldwide. In Canada, the RGT competition is coordinated by CRIC to identify the national winner. Each participating country submits its top entrant to the global competition. Canada has actively taken part in RGT since 2021.

Who can Participate?

This award competition, led by CRIC, CAIP Canada, and ESOMAR, encourages young researchers (aged 18-35 years) to support charities / non-profit organizations by solving critical social issues with innovative research. Young researchers can participate individually or in a team of two.

How to Participate?

To participate, researchers must first select a Canadian charity or NGO and then design a research proposal that will help make a difference to that charity or NGO. The researcher volunteers their services for the competition and there is no fee for either the researcher or the charity to participate. Social issues to be addressed by the research done by contest participants needs to fall into one or more of the following categories:

– Gender equality
– Access to justice
– Access to education
– Improving the lives of persons with disabilities
– Improving the lives of children
– Environmental & Climate change
– Sustainability
– Integration and diversity

To enter your research proposal submission, please complete the Research Got Talent 2025 – Entry Form and submit to [email protected] by end of day on September 30th, 2025.

Key Deadlines

Research proposals are due by September 30, 2025 and the winner will be announced on October 13, 2025. The research will be conducted by the winner from October 13, 2025 and completed before January 19, 2026, at which time it must be submitted to CRIC with a 10 minute video, a 1 minute video and an update to their original submission form.

Hear from Last Year’s Winner

Last year’s Canadian RGT winner Liam Thexton, will be attending the upcoming webinar and share useful tips. His project aimed to bolster Indigenous tourism in Canada, in collaboration with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC). The research probed into the domestic market’s familiarity and interaction with Indigenous tourism opportunities, seeking ways to amplify their reach and benefits to the Indigenous people.