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VP for Research, Creativity, and Technology Transfer
Montana State University
P.O. Box 172460
207 Montana Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717-2460

Tel: (406) 994-2891
Fax: (406) 994-2893


Vice-President:
Thomas J. McCoy, PhD
> Research, Creativity, & Technology Transfer
Research & Education: Programs

American Indian Research Opportunities (AIRO)
AIRO provides educational and research opportunities for American Indian students in career fields where they are significantly under-represented. AIRO is a consortium of Montana's seven tribal colleges (Blackfeet Community College, Dull Knife Memorial College, Fort Belknap College, Fort Peck Community College, Little Big Horn College, Salish Kootenai College, and Stone Child College) and MSU-Bozeman.

The Big Sky Institute
The Big Sky Institute for Science and Natural History (BSI) promotes the distribution of science-based knowledge related to natural ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them.


BRIN (Montana Network for Biomedical Research Opportunities)
The Montana Network for Biomedical Research Opportunities offers faculty, undergraduate and graduate students throughout Montana enhanced research opportunities in the biomedical sciences.


Complex Biological Systems
The central goal of the program in Complex Biological Systems is to prepare a new generation of biological scientists broadly equipped to exploit advanced experimental and computational techniques to understand complex biological systems.


Consortium for the Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases (CASMGS)
CASMGS is a consortium of nine universities and one national laboratory assembled to investigate the potential of agricultural soils to mitigate greenhouse gases.


Economics of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
This research program investigates issues facing the agricultural sector due to climate change, including the impact of climate change on U.S. cropping systems, and focuses on how to design programs to sequester carbon in agricultural soils.


Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA)
The Inland Northwest Research Alliance is a non-profit scientific and educational organization made up of eight western research universities, including MSU-Bozeman. INRA is a partner in the management and operation of the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Idaho Falls.


Montana and Northern Plains Troops-to-Teachers
The Montana and High Plains Region (Idaho, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wyoming) Troops-to-Teachers Program assists qualified military personnel make the transition from the armed services to service in the classrooms of our schools.


Montana Space Grant Consortium
The consortium enhances aerospace research and education in Montana through research initiation grants, education enhancement grants, undergraduate research grants and a scholarship-fellowship program. The central consortium office acts as a statewide clearinghouse for information on NASA and other aerospace-related programs and takes an active role in alerting consortium faculty about opportunities in research and education with NASA and other space agencies.


NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
EPSCoR, the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, identifies, develops and utilizes the state's academic science and technology resources. The program is designed to stimulate local action that will result in lasting improvements to the state's academic research infrastructure and increased national R&D competitiveness.


Northern Plains Transition to Teaching
The Northern Plains Transition to Teaching program moves seasoned professionals with established records of excellence into new careers in public school classrooms.


Systemic Teacher Excellence Preparation Project
This is a five-year program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It is designed to produce broad changes in the teaching of science and mathematics throughout the state of Montana.


Tradeoff Analysis Project
The project has developed a decision-support system for assessing tradeoffs between agricultural production and the environmental and human health impacts of agriculture for different agricultural, environmental and health technologies and policies.


Women in Research and Teaching
This site highlights the research and instructional accomplishments of women at MSU-Bozeman. It includes updates on grant opportunities for women as well as events, workshops and diversity links.


Research Focus Areas

College of Nursing Office of Research
The College of Nursing Office of Research & Scholarship (CONORS) represents a centralized effort to strengthen research and scholarly productivity within the College.

Plant Biotechnology
The MSU Sequencer Users' Group, EPSCoR Plant Biotechnology Group, Barley Genetics, P&S 541 and Barley Extension Homepages.

Research & Education Facilities & Services

Agricultural Experiment Station Research Centers
These centers conduct research on agriculture, natural resources and rural life and disseminate that information to Montanans.

Animal Resources Center
The center is a modern, centralized, laboratory animal facility for the care, use and production of laboratory animals used in teaching, research and testing at MSU.

Burns Telecommunication Center
The Burns Telecommunications Center is a laboratory for creating a more accessible and effective university for the 2lst century. It increases public access to lifelong learning, especially for isolated individuals and communities; enhances teaching and learning through the use of technology; keeps instruction affordable; and expands partnerships between universities and public/private organizations.

Image and Chemical Analysis Laboratory (ICAL)
ICAL provides analytical facilities for the physical, biological and engineering sciences. These facilities are open to both academic researchers and the general public.

The Montana Area Health Education Center
(Montana AHEC) is one of six regional AHEC Centers of the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM). AHECs provide educational programs for health care students and professionals and assistance in improving health care access.

Montana Office of Rural Health - MORH
MORH works to improve the quality of life for all rural Montanans by
  1. ensuring affordable, accessible, high quality health care,
  2. facilitating enhanced self-care and supportive care in the rural home setting, and
  3. promoting healthy lifestyles that prevent disease, disability and premature death.
The MORH seeks to improve the health care of all rural Montanans through advocacy, networking, partnerships, education, outreach, research, and service.

Montana Public Television - KUSM
Montana Public Television is the primary public television provider for the state of Montana. PBS services, instructional and outreach activities are provided to viewers throughout Montana through over-the-air broadcast and cable distribution. Montana Public TV is a service of Montana State University and the University of Montana.

Museum of the Rockies

The Museum of the Rockies seeks to understand, preserve and interpret the natural and cultural history of the Northern Rocky Mountain region. It accomplishes its mission through research, collections, exhibits and programs for the education and entertainment of people of all ages.

Plant Growth Center
The Plant Growth Center includes 29 greenhouses environmentally controlled by microcomputers, an insect quarantine unit, an indoor arboretum, labs and classrooms.

Renne Libraries
The Libraries of Montana State University-Bozeman offer research and information resources to over 10,500 students and 700 faculty members, as well as serving Montana citizens and the state's business community. The Libraries are a part of the Montana State University System Libraries.

International Programs

The Office of International Education
The OIE seeks to bring international education to the core of the academic and cultural life of MSU. In today's world, every student, regardless of his or her major, needs to graduate with knowledge of other cultures and languages in order to succeed.

Technical Assistance Programs

Local Government Center
The center strengthens the capacities of Montana's local governments to deliver essential community services efficiently. The Center conducts on- and off-campus training programs, provides direct technical assistance and conducts applied policy research on community issues.

Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
The Local Technical Assistance Program fosters a safe, efficient, environmentally sound transportation system by improving skills and knowledge of local transportation providers through training, technical assistance and technology transfer.

Montana Manufacturing Extension Center
The center increases the competitiveness of Montana manufacturers through direct, unbiased engineering and managerial assistance in partnership with other public and private resources.

TechRanch
TechRanch is a hi-tech business incubator specializing in software and internet related businesses. An incubator is an engine of economic development that gives a jump-start to fledgling businesses so that they can go from inception to self sufficiency in 18 months or less. This includes building a business model that will enable start-ups to attract capital and compete in the highly competitive environment of the new economy.

MSU TechLink Center
TechLink helps the private sector commercialize NASA, federal laboratory, and university technologies, to solve industry problems, to create or exploit business opportunities, and to stimulate economic development in the five-state region of Montana, Idaho, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Reducing Occupational Disability in Rural Workers
Return-to-work (RTW) programs promote optimal recovery in injured workers; the rationale for RTW programs is based on evidence that proactive management of occupational injuries can significantly reduce the magnitude and duration of work-related disability.

Institutional Review Committees

Human Subjects Committee
This committee approves research done by faculty, students and staff of Montana State University that involves human subjects.

Animal Care and Use Committee
This committee reviews the institution's program for the humane care and use of animals and inspects all of the institution's animal facilities.

Biosafety Committee
The Biosafety Committee monitors and reviews all research and teaching activities using infectious agents, hazardous chemicals, recombinant DNA and genetically altered organisms.

Radiation Safety Committee
This committee ensures that all university activities requiring the use of radiation or radioactive materials are performed within specific regulatory standards.

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