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Research and innovation at the University of New Hampshire, a Carnegie doctoral research university with very high research activity, seek to understand and improve the world around us, with high-impact results that transform lives, solve global challenges and drive economic growth. Our research excellence reaches from the depths of our oceans to the edge of our solar system and the Earth and environment in which we all thrive. With FY25 externally funded research activity of more than $188 million, UNH’s research portfolio includes partnerships with NOAA, NASA, NSF and NIH. UNH is one of the top institutions in the country for licensing its intellectual property, and its outreach programs reach thousands of communities, companies, families and students each year.

 


 

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN 2025

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Scientists Study Safer, More Targeted Control for Costly Parasites

Scientists Study Safer, More Targeted Control for Costly Parasites

Promising approach will also have a lower environmental impact

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UNH Deploys Cabled Ocean Observing System Near Isles of Shoals

UNH Deploys Cabled Ocean Observing System Near Isles of Shoals

Real-time oceanographic and acoustic data will measure environmental conditions in Gulf of Maine

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Research Cruise Tracks Ocean Acidification — and Expands Student Horizons

Research Cruise Tracks Ocean Acidification — and Expands Student Horizons

UNH students, researchers integral to success of this summer’s East Coast cruise

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