Research at CBS | College of Biological Sciences

The University of Minnesota was ranked #2 in the world for ecology and environment, #5 in biochemistry, and #11 in biotechnology.*
In 2022, seven faculty members affiliated with the College were among the University of Minnesota faculty included in the Highly Cited Researchers list published annually by insight and analytics firm Clarivate Analytics.
CBS faculty are highly competitive for research support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies. In 2021, research expenditures totaled nearly $30 million.

_{* ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021 and Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research}