2024 Research report

Global Impact • Local Relevance

Record-breaking research productivity FOR UMAINE


Research and Development
Funding


Research and Development
Expenditures


funded industry R&D partnerships


new research awards


of all university
research in Maine

tomorrows innovators start here


rise in doctoral
enrollment over the past five years


undergraduate
students participated in research learning


of all Ph.Ds
conferred in Maine

Rankings



UMaine holds the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education’s top research status, a distinction held by only 187 of universities nationwide.



for research expenditures
according to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development 2023 ranking.