UD Research Facts & Figures

The University of Delaware is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research university with very high research activity, a designation accorded to fewer than three percent of the more than 4,200 degree-granting institutions in the United States.

Rich in heritage and innovation, UD traces its origins to a small school in New London, Pennsylvania, opened by the Rev. Dr. Francis Alison in 1743. Among its first class were three young men who would later to on to sign the Declaration of Independence and one who would sign the U.S. Constitution.

Today, nearly 3,500 graduate students and over 700 undergraduate students are involved in research and scholarship across the University's seven colleges and more than 60 research centers and institutes.

Our distinguished faculty includes Nobel laureates, members of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, and Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellows, to name only a few.

Our researchers are increasingly productive, as you will see in the figures below. UD Sponsored Programs reached $180 million in FY 2010 (doubled in 10 years).

For information specifically on UD research grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known as the "federal stimulus"), please visit the Stimulus Working Group Site.

 

Annual Sponsored Expenditures

FY 2010 Research Expenditures by Sponsor

Sponsored Program Expenditures