Partnerships & Sponsors
Scientists, students, and staff at the Desert Research Institute work for and in collaboration with local, regional, national, and international agencies, organizations, foundations, universities and private-sector industry on a variety of research projects and environmental issues.
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Department of the Interior
Avisight
Natural Resources Conservation Service
US Department of Energy
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Forest Service – Department of Agriculture
National Institutes of Health
SERDP – DOD.EPA.DOE
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
US Army Corps of Engineers
NASA
NIFA
US Department of Defense
US Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management
US Geological Survey
US Department of Health and Human Services
US Department of the Interior – Bureau of Reclamation
Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development
US Geological Survey
US Department of Energy – Office of Science
Nevada EPSCoR
National Park Service
AboveNV
National Science Foundation
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Department of Commerce
NavSea Warfare Centers
Drone America
Below you will find the sponsors and collaborators listed out by organizational differnces: Federal, State, Local, Private and Non-profit, International, and University collaborators.
These are a few of the Federal organizations that have partnered with DRI most recently.
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- EPSCOR
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Institute for Food and Agriculture
- Natural Resource Conservation Service
- U.S. Forest Service
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Office of Science
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Strategic Environmental R&D Program
- U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Bureau of Land Management
- Bureau of Reclamation
- National Park Service
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
These are some of the States and the organizations that work with DRI.
State of California
- Air Resources Board
- Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District
State of Colorado
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
State of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
State of Oregon
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
State of Nevada
- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Department of Education
- Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
- Nevada Division of Water Resources
- Division of State Lands
- Governor’s Office of Economic Development
- Nevada System of Higher Education
These are the local cities and jurisdictions that work with DRI.
- City of Sparks
- Douglas County School District
- Nevada Tahoe Conservation District
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
- Tahoe Resource Conservation District
- Lincoln County
- Walker River Irrigation District
- Western Regional Water Commission
These are the private and non-profit organizations and individual that support DRI and our scientific research.
- American Ecotech LLC
- Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
- Battelle Memorial Institute
- Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI)
- Conservation Science Partners
- Coordinating Research Council
- DRI Foundation
- Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling
- Geisse Foundation
- Google, Inc.
- Grand Junction Water Enhancement Authority
- Health Effects Institute
- Idaho Power Company
- Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority
- Kautz Environmental Consultants, Inc.
- Leidos
- Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.
- Mount Rose Ski Tahoe
- Northgate Environmental Management Company
- Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
- Reno Rotary Foundation
- Renown Health/Renown Institute for Health Innovation, LLC
- Robins Borghei LLP
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Santa Fe Irrigation District
- South Tahoe Public Utility District
- Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- Wallace Genetic Foundation
- Waste Management, Inc.
- Western Cultural Resource Management, Inc.
- Windward Fund
- Wood Buffalo Environmental Association
- World Vision, Inc.
These International agencies work with DRI in our global reach.
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Royal Geographical Society (UK)
University collaboration is an important part of successful scientific education.
- Montana State University
- Northern Arizona University
- Northwestern University
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Medellin
- University of Arizona
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Houston
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Utah
Contact
For details on how to partner with DRI
Dr. Vic Etyemezian, Ph.D
Vice President for Research
Office: 702-862-5569
vic.etyemezian@dri.edu