Focused Research Expertise IN Groups, Centers, and Institutes
Founded in 1866, the University of New Hampshire is a Carnegie Foundation-classified Comprehensive Doctoral and Research University with high research activity. It is a land-, sea-, and space-grant public university serving more than 11,300 undergraduates and 2,400 graduate students. National Science Foundation (NSF) data shows that UNH ranks 82nd among public universities—and 118th among universities—in R&D expenditures. Extramural research support has been growing steadily since the late 1980s. In FY 2006, UNH recorded more than $128 million in extramural support, particularly from the Department of Commerce (largely the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] at $49 million); NASA ($11 million); NSF ($9 million, including 11 faculty with NSF CAREER Awards); the Department of Justice ($8 million); and the Department of Health and Human Services ($4 million). The private sector has provided more than $10 million in support in FY 2006, including support from biomedical/biotechnology companies (Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Merck, and Aviv Biomedical). Foundations have provided approximately $10 million in support (Beckman Research, Ford, Annie E. Casey, David and Lucille Packard, Kellogg, Alfred P. Sloan, Davis Educational, and Endowment for Health).
University faculty members serve on National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering panels, federal agency science advisory boards, and international commissions, and are MacArthur, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and Carnegie fellows.
Many faculty are affiliated with more than 70 formal groups, centers and institutes, described here by nine general categories (listed alphabetically): Biology and Biotechnology; Business, Economics, and Finance; Engineering and Computer Sciences; Environmental, Ocean and Space Sciences; Liberal Arts; Marine Sciences and Engineering; Materials Sciences; Social and Health Sciences; and Sustainability Programs.
