2025 Research report

Global Impact • Local Relevance

Record-breaking research productivity FOR UMAINE


Research and Development
Funding


Research and Development
Expenditures


funded R&D projects with industry partners


new research awards


of all university
research in º£½ÇÉçÇø

tomorrows innovators start here


rise in doctoral
enrollment since 2020


of undergraduate
students participate in research learning


of all Ph.Ds
conferred in º£½ÇÉçÇø

Rankings



Uº£½ÇÉçÇø holds the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education’s top research status, a distinction held by only 187 of universities nationwide.



for research expenditures
according to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development 2024 ranking.