Research and Scholarship at UND

The faculty at the University of North Dakota are committed to the development of new knowledge and technology through research, scholarships, and creative activities. Large numbers of high quality creative efforts include publications, presentations, books, exhibitions, and contracts and peer reviewed grants and contracts.

The Graduate School supports research with Summer Research Professorships, which allow faculty to work with their students on research, and Summer Doctoral Fellowships, which allow Ph.D. candidates to spend full time on their research during the summer.

The University operates a variety of research centers such as the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, the Bureau of Governmental Affairs, the Bureau of Educational Services, the Center for Innovation, the Center for Rural Health, the Institute for Ecological Studies, the Institute for Remote Sensing, the Social Science Research Institute, and the Engineering Experiment Station. The University also works closely with the North Dakota State Geological Survey and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center, located adjacent to the campus.

UND and NDSU are also active in the North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR). Since 1986 this program has obtained about $14 million from the NSF and stimulated submission of proposals far in excess of that value. EPSCOR money is expended to enhance research at UND and to build the science infrastructure in the state of North Dakota.