专业组织

的 American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is a Washington-based higher education association of nearly 400 public colleges, universities and systems whose members share a 学习 and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved student populations, and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development.

的 Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), 成立于1989年, is an international organization of universities in large metropolitan areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values. Institutions located in urban and metropolitan areas often do not fit the model of more traditional colleges and universities, and are presented with unique challenges and opportunities.

联合国的使命 Council on 本科 Research (CUR) is to support and promote high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship. CUR provides support and professional development opportunities for faculty, 工作人员, 管理员, 和学生.

的 National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) supports the efforts of faculty to secure extramural research funding and initiate and nurture critical partnerships throughout the institutional research enterprise, 在机构, 与外部利益相关者. With the goal of enabling competitive individual and team research and facilitating research excellence, NORDP develops and shares best practices for attracting and managing research funding, and facilitate building and implementing collaborative services and resources that span across disciplines.

的 National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) seeks to be the foremost provider of professional development, 知识, and leadership in the global research administration and research management community. NCURA Global advances the overall NCURA mission by promoting research administration as a career on a worldwide basis.

的 Society of Research Administrators International (SRA International) is the premier global research management society providing education, professional development and the latest comprehensive information about research management to over 5,来自40多个国家的000名会员.

VentureWell, formerly known as the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), is on a mission to cultivate a pipeline of inventors, 创新者, and entrepreneurs driven to solve the world’s biggest challenges and to create lasting impact. 通过合作, 学习, 分享最佳实践, the VentureWell network strengthens the overall ecosystem and better enables 创新者 to create real social and environmental impact through invention.

的 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) was established by the National Science Foundation in 1960, 总部设在博尔德, 科罗拉多州. NCAR provides the atmospheric and related Earth system science community with state-of-the-art resources, 包括超级计算机, 研究飞机, 复杂的计算机模型, 广泛的数据集. NCAR is managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a nonprofit consortium of more than 115 colleges and universities.

的 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) advances the science and engineering of energy efficiency, 可持续发展的交通运输, 可再生能源技术, providing the 知识 to integrate and optimize energy systems. From breakthroughs in fundamental science to new clean technologies to integrated energy systems, NREL researchers are transforming the way the nation and the world use energy.