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Office of Research
and Innovation

We are a national research university with High Research Activity as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

About us
Annual Research Report 2025
$48.6M

Research activity

#3

Best Social Mobility among Massachusetts public universities

73.0%

Faculty holding terminal degrees

News

Research news
Miles Sundermeyer and Tyler Knapp preparing to launch the MARACOOS-007 underwater glider
UMass Dartmouth researchers help improve hurricane forecasts

An autonomous underwater vehicle launched by SMAST during a powerful nor’easter contributes to the national hurricane forecasting toolkit

UMass Dartmouth campus at dusk
UMD faculty recognized among the world’s leading scientists and scholars

UMass Dartmouth faculty have been named to the 2026 Top 2% Scientists and Highly Ranked Scholars lists, including several ranked in the top ten of their subspecialties

Drone shot of SMAST building and pier
UMass Dartmouth receives $730,000 to advance offshore wind workforce development efforts and research projects

MassCEC funding will expand paid student internships and support research on cod spawning and offshore wind monitoring

Features

Research features
Anushka Sharma standing in the lab smiling
Anushka Sharma MS '26: Psychedelic research

Chemistry MS student and "magic mushroom" researcher uses her experiences as an international student to help others transition to life at UMD

Anna Klobucka
Professor Emerita of Portuguese Anna Klobucka honored at Oxford University tribute symposium

Scholars gathered to celebrate Klobucka’s research and contributions to Lusophone studies at colloquium held in her honor

SMAST PhD student Lindsay Graff in the field
Lindsay Graff PhD '27: Shark conservation research

SMAST PhD student shares what it's like to study sharks all over the world.

Contact

Yanlai Chen

Chief Research Officer
Office of Research & Innovation

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