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400 +

RESEARCH PROJECTS HAPPENING ON ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS

150

PH . D . FACULTY WHO WORK IN MORE THAN 40 DISCIPLINES

60

SPECIALIZED LABS AND UNIQUE RESEARCH FACILITIES

DRI ’ S RESEARCH COMPETITIVENESS

416 Institutions Ranked by Federally Financed Research & Development Expenditures in the Environmental Sciences
National Science Foundation , Higher Education Research and Development Survey – FY14
1 – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute ( WHOI )
2 – U . of Washington , Seattle 3 – U . of Colorado , Boulder
4 – Colorado State University , Ft . Collins
14 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT )
23 - U . Oklahoma , Norman and Health Science Center
26 – Desert Research Institute
33 - U . of Maryland , Center for Environmental Sciences
38 – Stanford University 57 – U . of California , Davis 59 – U . of Nevada , Reno 72 – U . of Nevada , Las Vegas

$ 30 MILLION

IN GRANTS AND CONTRACT RESEARCH IN 2015

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