Research

76Current external awards

27New awards in 2025

$5.9MResearch expenditures in 2025

Indy's only R1 university

Indiana University Indianapolis has cemented its status as one of the nation’s premier urban research universities after receiving Research 1 status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, making it Indy’s only R1 institution. This designation is reserved for doctoral-granting universities with the highest research activity.

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Sunandan Chakraborty with a student in Innovation Hall

Centers & institutes

Get to know our four reseach centers and institutes boldly focusing on AI, biomedical engineering, and community informatics.

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