From treating cancer to diagnosing Alzheimer’s to using drones to deliver aid, UMKC is leading the way in solving some of the world’s greatest scientific challenges.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City is a research university on the move. We play a major role in the Kansas City area as an educator, employer and research leader, but more broadly, we are at the forefront of some of the most important research happening across the country and around the world.

We invite you to ask yourself this important question: Which of life's mysteries are you itching to solve? It's a question that has driven our faculty, staff and students to some of their most important work.

A deep sense of curiosity is what drives us to ask the big questions, then find the answers.

 

$54.5M
Awarded to UMKC for research projects (FY21)

UMKC is the only comprehensive research institution in the Kansas City metropolitan area, with significant research strengths in:

  • Cellular basis of disease (e.g., neurobiology and biological communication, musculoskeletal research and development, delivery of novel therapeutics) 
  • Data analytics
  • Advanced materials and biomaterials
  • Transformative, effective and equitable education
  • Improving patient and population health
  • Environmental sustainability and civic engagement
  • Global cultures, history and diversity
  • Artistic and creative expression 

What does research mean at UMKC? Here are just a few of the subjects we've explored recently:

Go ahead, explore the topics that make you say, "I wonder..." We're wondering too.

466
Research proposals submitted (FY21)

Lunar Dust Research Is Out of This World

When humans return to the moon, UMKC research will help them avoid problematic interactions with lunar dust while mining that same dust for valuable resources.

UMKC Student Takes the Driver’s Seat With Her Involvement On Campus

Mya Thomas’s passion for interdisciplinary learning fueled her interest in STEM organizations such as Women in Science (WiSci) and Baja Buggy

This Child Psychologist is Breaking Through Adversity Walls

Erin Hambrick is changing the way we understand childhood trauma