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Researchers at Notre Dame advance human understanding through research, scholarship, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world.
Notre Dame Research supports and encourages innovation in more than forty core facilities, as well as in a number of key areas of research, including cancer, environmental change, global health, and many more, with faculty finding their homes in one of Notre Dame’s seven colleges or schools.
Inspired by the University’s Catholic mission, Notre Dame’s world-class faculty and students are pursuing globally significant, solutions-oriented research as Notre Dame’s research enterprise grows in line with President Jenkins’ vision:
University Strategic Plan
Research at the University of Notre Dame is guided by the University's Strategic Plan, A Legacy Expanded.
Within the University's Strategic Plan, Research and Scholarship are highlighted as one of the University's five goals, including Catholic Character, Undergraduate Education, Stewardship, and External Engagement, that provide a framework for Notre Dame's distinctive mission. Specifically, the goal of Research and Scholarship at the University of Notre Dame is as follows:
Advance human understanding through research, scholarship, and post-baccalaureate programs that seek to heal, unify, and enlighten.
Mission of Notre Dame Research
Within Notre Dame Research, our team of faculty and staff across campus are guided by the following internal mission to:
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- Facts & FiguresThe University of Notre Dame is committed to growing activities related to research, scholarship, and creative endeavor in all Colleges and Schools. Learn more about the University's historical trends, as well as current research activity, in the quick facts and figures below.
- Reporting UnitsNotre Dame Research is home to a number of Centers, Institutes, Core Facilities, and Initiatives. These cross-College or -School units represent a wide range of research, scholarship, and creative endeavor across the University.
- Job OpportunitiesNDR is committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity and ensures that members of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome, and included. We strive to achieve a culture of openness, autonomy, and belonging; making Notre Dame an exceptional place for our team, partners, and collaborators to flourish.
- PhilanthropyPrivate philanthropy is an important part of our model of sustainability. Gifts of all sizes are directed to a wide range of purposes, including innovative faculty research, graduate and postdoctoral fellowships, undergraduate research experiences, and more.
- ContactNotre Dame Research is located in two offices on the University of Notre Dame campus. View our Contact page for more information.