About
Researchers at Notre Dame are inspired by its Catholic mission and founder Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C.’s vision for the University to be “one of the most powerful means for doing good” in the world. Notre Dame faculty and students pursue globally significant research, scholarship, and creative endeavor that advances discovery, fosters innovation, and drives lasting positive impact.
Notre Dame Research is committed to supporting researchers in doing what they do best: delivering cutting-edge, globally significant research, scholarship, or creative endeavor. That impact unfolds in our core facilities and research resources, as well as in thematic research areas such as health and well-being, environmental sustainability, advanced computation and AI, and more. Faculty find their homes in one of Notre Dame’s seven colleges or schools.
Notre Dame’s research enterprise grows in line with the vision of University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.
“As a premier Catholic research university, our research and learning drive insights, innovation, and impact for good around the world.”
The University's Strategic Framework
Research at the University of Notre Dame is guided by Notre Dame 2033: A Strategic Framework.
Within the University's Strategic Framework, Research and Scholarship are highlighted as one of the University's four key goals, including Catholic Character, Undergraduate Education, and Graduate and Professional Education, that provide a framework for Notre Dame's distinctive mission. Specifically, the goal of Research and Scholarship at the University of Notre Dame is as follows:
Advance human understanding through scholarship and research that seeks to heal, unify, and enlighten.
Mission of Notre Dame Research
Within Notre Dame Research, our team of faculty and staff across campus are guided by the following internal mission to:
Grow, strengthen, promote, translate, and safeguard research, scholarship, and creative endeavor at the University of Notre Dame.