What's new on ResearchBoard — October 2026
ResearchBoard grew a lot this month. Here is a quick tour of what is new — all free, all updated automatically.
🎓 US universities for Master's & PhD
A big map of 1,863 US universities that award master's degrees (764 also award PhDs). Tap any university to see its graduate application fee, tuition for international students, number of international students, top programs, TOEFL requirement and research output, with buttons to apply. Under the map: the lowest-tuition research universities, universities with no application fee, and more.
👉 US universities map · Read the guide
✈️ Study Abroad
Four tabs in one place:
- Scholarships — fully funded and partial scholarships worldwide, each with its official website and deadline
- Funded professors — 10 countries where professors pay Master's and PhD students from their grants
- US active grants — professors with active NSF and NIH grants
- Canada active grants — professors with active NSERC and CIHR grants
👉 Study Abroad · Read the guide
🔎 Find scientists — and your supervisor
Search active researchers worldwide by name, research topic, country, field or university, ranked by OpenAlex citations, h-index or i10-index. Every scientist has a profile page with their papers.
👉 Find scientists · How to find a research supervisor in 5 minutes
🏛️ All universities
A searchable list of about 29,700 universities and research institutions in every country, with papers, citations, h-index, open-access share and website. Each university has its own page with its top scientists. Every country page now shows its top institutions and its top 5 most-cited scientists.
📈 Research trends — Weekly pulse
Which countries, research fields and universities are gaining or losing share of world research this week compared with last week? The Weekly pulse shows the movers, and a ticker on the homepage shows them live.
🧭 Research Compass
Which research field fits you? Answer 12 picture questions in 2 minutes and get your research archetype — then see live data for your field.
A simpler menu
The menu is shorter now. Research Map opens the world map, and the new Research Trends menu holds the Weekly pulse, Research fields and Journals.
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