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As the Trump administration begins implementing policy priorities, Executive Orders are being issued, requiring federal agencies to review their programs for alignment. The Research Office is here to help you navigate these changes. We have developed a webpage to provide updates, guidance and resources.

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Welcome to UD Research

At the University of Delaware, our biggest frontier is the unknown. Powered by curiosity, we’re solving mysteries, tackling problems and pioneering new technologies — in service to the world. Our discoveries and impacts are all around you: in life-saving medicines to the Mars spacesuit, in your phone’s touch-screen technology to the priceless objects of global heritage we’ve helped to preserve, from the Declaration of Independence to works of art by Van Gogh and Wyeth. We are a doctoral university with very highest research activity, a designation held by less than three percent of U.S. colleges, and we are on a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Research in Progress

UD researchers have turned the innovation engine to full throttle, producing new discoveries and inventions, winning major grants, inking new partnerships and preparing graduate and undergraduate students for a future of exploration.

Proposals Submitted FY24

FY24 Research Expenditures

IRB Submissions Processed in FY24

Patents Issued Since 2009

UD is a significant driver of the region’s economy, spurring $3.19 billion in economic activity in Delaware and directly or indirectly supports 26,040 jobs statewide each year. Learn more about our research in progress.
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DNREC, UD create database of funding opportunities to support resilient communities

Shining a light on a technology-powered world

POSTED: April 2, 2025
Undergraduate student research focuses on light-powered photonic devices, illuminating the lifelong benefits of collaboration and teamwork

Undergraduate student research focuses on light-powered photonic devices, illuminating the lifelong benefits of collaboration and teamwork

New perspectives on life sciences

POSTED: April 1, 2025
Researchers convene for UD’s first synthetic biology symposium

Researchers convene for UD’s first synthetic biology symposium

Recognizing scientific contributions

POSTED: March 27, 2025
Three University of Delaware professors honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science


Resources

UD Research Office
100 Discovery Boulevard
10th Floor STAR Tower
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: (302) 831-2136
Fax: (302) 831-2828