University of Maryland Research Changes Lives
At UMD, bold research unites brilliant minds to spark discovery, drive innovation and tackle humanity’s grand challenges—impacting lives in our communities and across the globe.
Our Research in Action
Mealtime ‘Swap’ Helps Researchers Understand Heart Health
AI With Rhythm: Brain-Inspired Tech Wins 2025 Invention of the Year Award
Avian Influenza in Cats Is Not Getting the Attention it Deserves, UMD Researchers Warn
Explore the 50 Projects Taking On the Grand Challenges of Our Time and Turning Bold Ideas Into Life-Changing Realities
The Grand Challenges Grants Program has invested over $30 million in institutional funds to support cross-campus initiatives and projects designed to accelerate solutions to humanity’s grand challenges within our communities and around the globe.
Learn moreKey Research Areas
Climate Change
A global leader in the study of climate change, with faculty experts working across disciplines to understand the intersections of ecosystems, energy, human health and sustainable development and their collective environmental impact.
Quantum Science
The University of Maryland is at the forefront of quantum research and innovation, and is committed to becoming the Capital of Quantum. Our quantum experts, including a Nobel laureate, are working with experts in engineering, computer science, innovation, entrepreneurship and business to advance this area in ways that will help define our nation’s—and the world’s—future.
AI and Data Science
Data science and AI are making a significant impact in a number of sectors, including industry, government, health, and media. The University of Maryland has world-class expertise in these areas, including: machine learning, statistics, data visualization, natural language processing, algorithms, social scientific theory and analysis, and others.
Health
As one of the nation’s leading research universities, the University of Maryland is well positioned to advance and translate public health knowledge to improve health and well-being. Faculty and students are involved in a broad range of scientific endeavors and research centers whose focus spans from the cellular to the societal level.
All Research News
AI With Rhythm: Brain-Inspired Tech Wins 2025 Invention of the Year Award
10 Faculty Receive UMD Independent Scholarship, Research, and Creativity Awards
UMD Celebrates 10 Years as Top-10 School for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership
MPowering the State (MPower) is a collaboration between the state of Maryland’s two most powerful public research engines: the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park — to strengthen and serve the state of Maryland and its citizens. Since its creation in 2012, MPower has fostered hundreds of collaborations from across both institutions that are growing Maryland’s innovation economy, advancing interdisciplinary research, increasing educational benefits, and addressing the state’s most critical issues.
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