Location: Redstone Arsenal, AL

Mission: The Army’s focal point for providing research, development and engineering technology and services for aviation platforms and missile systems across the life cycle.

Website: https://www.avmc.army.mil/

Research Areas:

• Engineering and subject matter expertise in all aspects of aircraft and weapon system design, development and improvement
• Delegated Airworthiness Authority for the Army
• Sustainment and Life Cycle Engineering Support
• Hardware-In-the-Loop Models & Simulations for Aviation & Missile Systems
• Software Fielding/New Equipment Training
• Cyber and Protective Technology Development

Location: Hunstville, AL

Mission: Our mission is to explore, discover, create and transfer knowledge, and to educate students from all backgrounds in leadership, innovation, honor and respect for all, critical thinking and civic responsibility, while inspiring a passion for learning.

Website: https://www.uah.edu/

Research Areas:

• Aerophysics
• Applied optics
• Space plasma and aeronomic research
• Earth systems
• Information technology
• Nano and micro devices
• Propulsion
• Rotorcraft systems engineering and simulations

Location: Flagstaff, AZ

Mission: We shape the future through our research, community engagement, creative works, commitment to Native American and Indigenous people, sustainability initiatives, and energetic alumni network.

Website: https://nau.edu/

Research Areas:

• Astrophysics
• Bioinformatics
• Genetics
• Adaptable Western Landscapes
• Ecosystem Science and Society
• Health Equity
• Ecological Restoration
• Materials Interfaces
• Pathogen and Microbiome
• STEM Teaching and Learning

Location: Playa Vista, CA

Mission: ARL regional sites create strong, enduring S&T partnerships–working together to solve the Army’s current and future challenges. ARL regional sites leverage regional expertise and facilities to accelerate the operationalizing of science for transformational overmatch.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/who-we-are/locations/arl-west/

Research Areas:

• Human information interaction
• Cybersecurity
• Embedded processing
• Intelligent systems

Location: New Haven, CT

Mission: Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations.

Website: https://www.yale.edu/

Research Areas:

• Biotechnology
• Environmental Science
• Oncology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Quantum Computing

Location: Atlanta, GA

Mission: Georgia State University, one of the largest, most innovative multi-campus public research universities, transforms the lives of students, advances the frontiers of knowledge and strengthens the workforce of the future. One of the nation’s fastest-growing research institutions, Georgia State’s scholarship and research focus on solving complex issues ranging from the most fundamental questions of the universe to the most challenging issues of our day.

Website: https://www.gsu.edu/

Research Areas:

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Diagnostics and Therapeutics
• Neuroinflammation And Cardiometabolic Diseases
• Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science

Location: Chicago, IL

Mission: ARL regional sites create strong, enduring S&T partnerships–working together to solve the Army’s current and future challenges. ARL regional sites leverage regional expertise and facilities to accelerate the operationalizing of science for transformational overmatch.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/who-we-are/locations/arl-central/

Research Areas:

• High Performance Computing
• Impact Physics
• Machine Learning / Data Analytics
• Materials and Manufacturing
• Power and Energy
• Propulsion Science
• Quantum Science

Location: Champaign, IL

Mission: At ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, our mission is to discover, develop, deliver, and sustain technologies that provide high-quality facilities and realistic training lands to the Army, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Nation while also supporting ERDC’s strategic research and development focus areas of multidomain operations, smart and resilient installations, advanced materials engineering, robotics and autonomous systems capabilities, military engineering, and civil works.

Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CERL/What-We-Do/

Research Areas:

• Sustainable installations
• Military ranges and lands
• Resilient facilities and infrastructure
• Smart sustainable materials
• Installation decision support
• Urban and stability operations

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Mission: Continually deliver capabilities by proactively exploring basic and foundational research.

Website: https://devcom.army.mil/centerslabs/ac/

Research Areas:

• Smart Sights
• Pyrotechnics
• Battlefield Digitization & Software
• Precision Armaments
• Environmental Technologies
• Networked Lethality
• Defense Against Unmanned Systems
• Counter Terrorism Technologies
• Homeland Defense Technologies
• Advanced Materials / Nanotechnologies
• Novel Power & Energy Systems for Weapons & Munitions
• Armaments Manufacturing Science Technologies
• Reliability & Predictability Technology
• Modeling & Simulation of Armament Systems
• Integrated Armaments Systems
• Advanced Energetics & Warheads
• Autonomous Systems
• Armament Software & Sustainment Engineering Technologies
• Ammo Logistics System Technologies

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Mission: The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory partners across the national security enterprise to deliver fundamentally advantageous change that is rooted in the creation and exploitation of scientific knowledge and delivered at the speed of relevance.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/what-we-do/

Research Areas:

• Humans and Complex Systems
• Biological and Biotechnology Sciences
• Mechanical Sciences
• Terminal Effects
• Weapons Sciences
• Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences
• Sciences of Extreme Materials
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences
• Military Information Sciences
• Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences

Location: Adelphi, MD

Mission: The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory partners across the national security enterprise to deliver fundamentally advantageous change that is rooted in the creation and exploitation of scientific knowledge and delivered at the speed of relevance.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/what-we-do/

Research Areas:

• Humans and Complex Systems
• Biological and Biotechnology Sciences
• Mechanical Sciences
• Terminal Effects
• Weapons Sciences
• Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences
• Sciences of Extreme Materials
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences
• Military Information Sciences
• Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences

Location: Baltimore, MD

Mission: To educate its students and cultivate their capacity for lifelong learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.

Website: https://www.jhu.edu/

Research Areas:

• Public Health
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Nursing
• Arts & Sciences
• Applied Physics

Location: Edgewood, MD

Mission: Provide innovative chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense capabilities to enable the Joint Warfighters’ dominance on the battlefield and interagency defense of the homeland.

Website: https://www.cbc.devcom.army.mil/

Research Areas:

• Biosciences
• Chemical-Biological Protection and Decontamination
• Chemical Sciences
• Physics Sciences
• Toxicology and Obscurants

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Mission: MRICD’s mission is to discover and develop medical solutions for chemical, biochemical and other emerging non-kinetic acute battlefield injuries via medical research, clinical training and education, and consultation.

Website: https://usamricd.health.mil/Pages/default.aspx

Research Areas:

• Counter measures for nerve agents, vesicants, metabolic poisons, pulmonary toxicants, toxic industrial chemicals, toxins of biological origin, and pharmaceutical-based agents

Location: Ft. Detrick, MD

Mission: To provide leading edge medical capabilities to deter and defend against current and emerging biological threat agents.

Website: https://usamriid.health.mil/

Research Areas:

• Bacteriology
• Diagnostic Systems
• Molecular Biology
• Virology

Location: Silver Spring, MD

Mission: Discover, design, develop and deliver globally impactful solutions for military solutions for military relevant infectious diseases, bran health, and performance optimization through innovative research.

Website: https://wrair.health.mil/

Research Areas:

• Bacterial Diseases
• Biologics Research and Development
• Diagnostics and Countermeasures
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Entomology
• Experimental Therapeutics
• Military HIV
• Viral Diseases
• Behavioral Biology
• Blas Induced Neurotrauma
• Brain Trauma Neuroprotection
• Military Psychiatry
• Medical Readiness Systems Biology

Location: Boston, MA

Mission: ARL regional sites create strong, enduring S&T partnerships–working together to solve the Army’s current and future challenges. ARL regional sites leverage regional expertise and facilities to accelerate the operationalizing of science for transformational overmatch.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/who-we-are/locations/arl-northeast/

Research Areas:

• Materials & Manufacturing Sciences
• Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Systems
• Cyber & Secured Comms at the Tactical Edge

Location: Vicksburg, MS

Mission: At ERDC’s Environmental Laboratory (EL), our mission is to provide innovative solutions for tomorrow’s environmental challenges.

Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/EL/ 

Research Areas:

• Ecosystem science and technology
• Environmental resiliency
• Environmental sensing
• Ecological modeling and forecasting
• Risk and decision science
• Environmentally sustainable material
• Systems biology
• Climate change
• Environmental security

Location: Vicksburg, MS

Mission: At ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, our mission is to create innovative solutions to support the nation’s security, defense, public safety, and infrastructure.

Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/GSL/

Research Areas:

• Airfields and pavements
• Concrete and materials
• Geotechnical engineering and geosciences
• Impact and explosion effects
• Mobility systems
• Structural engineering
• Structural mechanics
• Survivability engineering

Location: Vicksburg, MS

Mission: At ERDC’s Information Technology Laboratory, our mission is to provide innovative solutions to the nation’s most complex information technology and computational challenges.

Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/ITL/

Research Areas:

• Data science
• Computer-aided and interdisciplinary engineering
• Software engineering
• Computer science
• Systems engineering
• Augmented and virtual reality
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Instrumentation systems

Location: Picatinny, NJ

Mission: The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center the immense responsibility of being its primary research and development center for new and existing armament systems, which are used by U.S. service members around the world. We partner with a wide variety of organizations, including industry, academia and other government agencies to accelerate the development and transition of new technologies for the warfighter.

Website: https://devcom.army.mil/

Research Areas:

• Integrated, Multi-Mission Armament Systems
• Smart Sights
• Pyrotechnics
• Battlefield Digitization & Software
• Precision Armaments
• Environmental Technologies
• Defense Against Unmanned Systems
• Counter Terrorism Technologies
• Homeland Defense Technologies
• Advanced Materials / Nanotechnologies
• Novel Power & Energy Systems for Weapons & Munitions
• Armaments Manufacturing Science Technologies
• Reliability & Predictability Technology
• Modeling & Simulation of Armament Systems
• Integrated Armaments Systems
• Advanced Energetics & Warheads
• Autonomous Systems
• Armament Software & Sustainment Engineering Technologies
• Ammo Logistics System Technologies

Location: Newark, NJ

Mission: NJIT advances the state of New Jersey, the nation, and the world through its contributions as an Innovation Nexus. NIJT is a public polytechnic university, research leader, innovation partner, inclusive workplace, and community member.

Website: https://www.njit.edu/

Research Areas:

• Bioscience and Bioengineering
• Data Science and Management
• Environment and Sustainability
• Material Science and Engineering
• Robotics and Machine Intelligence

Location: White Sands Missile Range, NM

Mission: The laboratory’s mission is to provide key technologies and analytical support to ensure the Army has decisive victory in future land warfare.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/

Research Areas:

• SLV of Missile Defense Systems
• Electronic Warfare Vulnerability
• Cyber Operations Vulnerability
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Information Sciences

Location: White Sands Missile Range, NM

Mission: The DEVCOM DAC informs Army modernization and readiness decisions by conducting thorough analyses enabled by tool development and data curation. As the Army’s analytic foundation, they enable decision dominance for the Army, DoD, and the Joint Force.

Website: https://www.army.mil/dac

Research Areas:

• Data Science
• Operations Research
• Mission Effectiveness Analysis
• Integrated Material Performance
• Cyber Resilience
• Human Engineering and Performance
• Electromagnetic Warfare Threat Defense

Location: New York, NY

Mission: The Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center elevates scientific research and education at CUNY and beyond through initiatives in five distinctive, but increasingly interconnected disciplines: environmental sciences, nanoscience, neuroscience, photonics, and structural biology. The ASRC promotes a collaborative, interdisciplinary research culture with renowned researchers from each of the initiatives working side by side in the ASRC’s core facilities, sharing equipment that is among the most advanced available.

Website: https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/

Research Areas:

• Environmental Sciences
• Nanoscience
• Neuroscience
• Photonics
• Structural Biology

Location: West Point, NY

Mission: The U.S. Military Academy’s mission is “to build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to the Army Values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation.”

Website: https://www.westpoint.edu/

Research Areas:

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Social Sciences
• Mathematical Sciences
• Geography
• Environmental Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Life Science
• Systems Engineering
• Physics and Nuclear Engineering
• Behavioral Sciences

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

Mission: The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory identifies and executes disruptive research leading to scientific discovery and emerging technologies for Army continuous transformation.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/

Research Areas:

• Biological and Biotechnology Sciences
• Humans in Complex Systems
• Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences
• Mechanical Sciences
• Sciences of Extreme Materials
• Energy Sciences
• Military Information Sciences
• Terminal Effects
• Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences
• Weapons Sciences

Location: Charlotte, NC

Mission: Our mission is to serve as a center for research, scholarship, and creativity and to teach a diverse community of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to become the next generation of leaders. Through the efforts of our exceptional faculty and staff, and with generous support from North Carolina’s citizens, we invest our knowledge and resources to enhance access to learning and to foster the success and prosperity of each rising generation.

Website: https://www.unc.edu/

Research Areas:

• Health
• Education
• Business
• Technology
• Social/Humanities
• Environment
• International
• Transportation & Infrastructure

Location: Kitty Hawk, NC

Mission: CHL’s mission is to deliver solutions to our Nation’s most challenging coastal and hydraulics problems through research, development, and application of cutting-edge science, engineering, and technology.

Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CHL/

Research Areas:

• Navigation
• Coastal Engineering
• Harbors, Entrances, and Structures
• Field Data Collection and Analysis
• Hydrologic Systems
• Coastal Observation and Analysis
• Estuarine Engineering
• River Engineering
• Coastal Processes

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Mission: Penn’s academics are boosted by its inherent culture and ecosystem of innovation. You name it, if it’s cutting-edge, the University’s faculty—and students—have their hands in it. Grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and enriched by the integrated resources of four undergraduate and 12 graduate schools, Penn offers students an unparalleled education informed by inclusivity, intellectual rigor, research, and the impetus to create new knowledge to the benefit of individuals and communities around the world.

Website: https://www.upenn.edu/

Research Areas:

• Neuroscience and Society
• Public Health
• Neurological Sciences
• Regenerative Medicine
• Health Economics
• Structure of Matter
• Urban Research
• Environmental Innovations

Location: Rapid City, SD

Mission: Our mission is to educate scientists and engineers to address global challenges, innovate to reach our creative potential, and engage in partnerships to transform society.

Website: https://www.sdsmt.edu/index.html

Research Areas:

• Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
• Deep Underground Science & Engineering
• Critical & Sustainable Resources
• Smart & Resilient Cyber-Infrastructure
• Data Science & Numerical Modeling

Location: Austin, TX

Mission: ARL regional sites create strong, enduring S&T partnerships–working together to solve the Army’s current and future challenges. ARL regional sites leverage regional expertise and facilities to accelerate the operationalizing of science for transformational overmatch.

Website: https://arl.devcom.army.mil/who-we-are/locations/arl-south/

Research Areas:

• AI/ML for Autonomy
• Energy/Power
• Cybersecurity
• Bio
• Materials & Manufacturing

Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Mission: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is a vibrant, Hispanic and Minority Serving Doctoral Research Institution recognized for its academic programs and renowned faculty. The Island University proudly continues its heritage of teaching excellence, innovation, and community engagement as part of the Texas A&M University System.

Website: https://www.tamucc.edu/

Research Areas:

• Coastal Studies
• Water Supply
• Economic Development
• National Spill Control
• Collaborative Community Research
• Autonomy Research

Location: Burlington, VT

Mission: We create solutions to improve the world. As Vermont’s land-grant think tank, we are nationally acclaimed for tackling everything from farm viability to environmental growth, and we support commercialization and major job creation in the region through our partnerships and innovation.

Website: https://www.uvm.edu/

Research Areas:

• Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Arts and Sciences
• Business
• Education and Social Services
• Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
• Medicine
• Nursing and Health Sciences
• Environment and Natural Resources

Location: Alexandria, VA

Mission: At ERDC’s Geospatial Research Laboratory, our mission is to pioneer geospatial solutions to help the Warfighter succeed on the battlefield.

Website: https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/GRL/

Research Areas:

• Terrain analysis and reasoning
• Passive and active spectral signature analysis
• Fluorescence
• Photogrammetry
• Terrain visualization
• Precision surveying and mapping
• Image analysis
• Data management
• Geographic information systems
• Data and image fusion
• Spatio-temporal reasoning
• Numerical analysis

Location: Huntington, WV

Mission: The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University is a community-based, Veterans Affairs affiliated medical school dedicated to providing high quality medical education and postgraduate training programs to foster a skilled physician workforce to meet the unique healthcare needs of West Virginia and Central Appalachia. Building upon its medical education foundation, the school seeks to develop centers of excellence in clinical care, including primary care in rural underserved areas, focused and responsive programs of biomedical science graduate study, biomedical and clinical science research, academic scholarship and public service outreach. The School is committed to fulfilling its mission by creating a diverse and inclusive academic community that is sustained in a collegial and nurturing environment of life-long learning.

Website: https://jcesom.marshall.edu/

Research Areas:

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Cell Biology
• Obesity and Related Diseases
• Neurobiology of Addiction
• Toxicology and Environmental Health

Location: Institute, WV

Mission: West Virginia State University is a diverse, 1890 land-grant institution that advances knowledge through access and opportunity, innovative teaching and learning, interdisciplinary research, and impactful service. Our learners are equipped to meet the economic and social needs of the state, region, and nation, and contribute solutions to complex global challenges.

Website: https://jcesom.marshall.edu/

Research Areas:

• Aquaculture
• Bioenergy and Environmental Biotechnology
• Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology
• Food Science
• Specialty Crop Breeding & Production
• Urban Forestry & Natural Resource Management
• Vegetable Genomics & Plant Breeding
• WVSU Energy and Environmental Science Institute