Research

The Tribal Education Initiative at UNLV, funded by a grant from the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, was established to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to excel in management roles within Tribal gaming and hospitality enterprises. Housed within the top-ranked Harrah College of Hospitality at UNLV, this unique initiative leverages the college’s extensive expertise in gaming and hospitality to create exceptional learning opportunities for both degree-seeking and non-degree-seeking students interested in Tribal gaming and hospitality careers.

The Center for Innovation in Brain Science is an “all brains on deck” research environment designed for highly-integrated, collaborative research through innovative team science. With expertise spanning discovery, translational and clinical science, we are addressing complex issues across four age-associated neurodegenerative diseases.

Center of American Indian and Minority Health (CAIMH) is educating, recruiting and conducting Research to make a positive impact on American Indian and Alaska Native health.
The Masonic Cancer Center partners with the CAIMH to reduce cancer's burden in Minnesota and throughout the world. Both are housed at the University of Minnesota

At Iowa State University’s College of Engineering, we continuously strive to be leaders in transforming the results of scientific research into engineering accomplishments, creating new solutions to society’s most pressing problems. We are a Tier 1 research institution consistently ranking our 14 MS and PhD programs in the top 50 nationally.

The Region’s Polytechnic: Eastern Washington University provides an education rooted in the liberal arts, designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing the region. Characterized by a student-centered focus and opportunities for applied learning in high-demand fields, this education creates upward social mobility and intellectual growth for our students that supports a healthy, sustainable, and economically successful region.

The mission of Washington University’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is to prepare individuals for careers as physician-scientists, engaged in biomedical research that creates new knowledge for the betterment of society.

The University of Washington Center for Indigenous located at the UW School of Medicine aims to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Natives entering the medical field to become physicians in Washington State, and by proxy the WWAMI Region, by recruiting K-12 and college level students into ecosystem pathway programs with the goal of getting them successfully into and through medical school with the goal to combat the shortage of Indigenous Doctors working for Tribal Nations, Urban Indian Communities and also entering Academic Medicine.

The University of Rochester is one of the nation’s top research universities, with six graduate schools. The School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering offers 23 PhD and 21 master’s degree programs. Our graduate students work closely with faculty on the forefront of field-specific and interdisciplinary research. All PhD programs in Arts, Sciences & Engineering are fully funded.

Here, at UND Engineering, we are producing world-class leaders in Computer Science, Engineering, and Geology who contribute to our state, nation, and the world.

A vital enterprise in the nation’s heartland, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has its eye on improving the future of health care. UNMC's world-class research results in breakthroughs that make life better for people throughout Nebraska – and beyond. UNMC has more than 50 active or pending international agreements for education, research and business collaborations in 21 countries. Our expert faculty are training the next generation of health care providers and researchers improving the care of patients throughout the Midwest and globally.