University of Notre Dame Academics Admissions Research Global Faith & Service Campus Life About Visit Give Alumni Athletics RESEARCH Discovering and Creating Knowledge Notre Dame is pursuing breakthroughs for a world deeply in need. Notre Dame has built a recognized research enterprise—outpacing its peers in research expenditures by 160 percent since 1990 and achieving all-time University highs in research awards. The University is a vibrant ecosystem of scholars, and it shines brightly through research that combines expertise from all disciplines to make advancements in scholarship and creative endeavor. Modern advancements are made through collaboration and multifaceted input, and that’s a hallmark of research at Notre Dame. Research at Notre Dame is a mechanical engineer using robots to help people with spinal cord injuries to walk again. It’s a political scientist and a legal scholar helping to broker a peace deal in the war-torn nation of Colombia, and then helping to implement it. It’s a group of astrophysicists traveling a mile beneath the Earth’s surface to try to replicate the reactions that create stars. It’s an institute that brings together artists, musicians, and scientists to explore questions of how we should live in the world. It’s preserving UNESCO World Heritage sites and bringing lessons from the past to bear on our present and future. It’s using cutting-edge technology to ensure some of the world’s most cherished buildings are here for future generations. Today’s researchers at Notre Dame stand on the shoulders of others who have made landmark discoveries here. Long before the modern smartphone, the first wireless transmission in the US was sent from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart to Saint Mary’s College about a mile away. Before the ubiquity of products made from synthetic rubber was possible, the substance’s formulae were developed here. Before the Wright brothers made their historic venture at Kitty Hawk, the principles of flight were being tested and refined at Notre Dame. Research at Notre Dame is an endeavor that reaches into every corner and level of the institution, and is mutually supportive of our mission as a Catholic university. We seek discoveries that are significant because of the achievement they represent in a given academic field, but also because they yield benefits for the common good. Notre Dame Research Notre Dame Research exists to equip University faculty and students with the tools they need to create knowledge. It provides the administrative support framework for research grants, as well as training and oversight of the University’s core research facilities. Notre Dame Research ND:30 - Siyuan Zhang While it can take decades to discover a new drug, scientist Siyuan Zhang studies how medications already commonly prescribed can be used to target cancer. Watch video RESEARCH The Fan of the Moon Clive Neal searches for new resources in lunar rocks Read story RESEARCH Women Lead 2021 Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world. RESEARCH A Clearer Path Out of Poverty The Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) demonstrates the efficacy of a new social work program Latest Thursday, November 18 New cell, shown to regulate heart rate, discovered at University of Notre Dame Friday, November 12 Author Lauren Groff to give public lecture at Notre Dame Thursday, November 04 Environmental policy expert explores the promise of forests to alleviate poverty Research News Gay men earn undergraduate and graduate degrees at the highest rate in the US, study shows Parent empowerment — not regulatory overreach — key to private school choice accountability, report argues Key Research Areas Innovation & Entrepreneurship Highlighted Units & Facilities Graduate Research Undergraduate Research Quick Links Bookstore Employment Tour InsideND Academic Calendar University of Notre Dame Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn © 2021 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Phone: (574) 631-5000 Contact Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Emergency Closed Captioning