Rice’s new efforts around the environment will be radically inclusive both within and outside the university through extensive partnerships. The seeds of many of these partnerships have already been planted in existing faculty and institutional relationships with key external stakeholders, including environmental NGOs, energy industries, and local, state, and federal governmental entities. While Rice has much of the scholarship needed to generate environmental solutions, the ability to effect real change will require partnership and collaboration with local communities and policymakers.
Rice researchers partner with a variety of organizations, including non-governmental organizations, funding agencies, professional associations, and corporations.
Faculty Partnerships and Collaborations
| Type of Partnership | Name of Organization |
|---|---|
| Domestic NGOs | Environmental Defense Fund Union of Concerned Scientists The Nature Conservancy Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Audubon |
| National Environmental Organizations and Funding Agencies | Environmental Protection Agency Department of Defense Department of Energy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Parks Service NASA Petroleum Research Fund |
| National and International Professional Associations | American Institute of Architects American Geophysical Union American Chemical Society |
| National, International and Multinational Corporations | Shell Chevron Exxon Mobil Schlumberger EDF Renewables NRG Energy Dao Chemical DuPont |
| National and International Museums | Houston Museum of Natural History Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology |
| National and International Biodiversity Field Sites | Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity Harvard Experimental Forest San Dimas Experimental Forest Centre ValBio, Madagascar Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Critical Zone Observatory: El Yunque National Forest Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Station |
| National and International Conservation Organizations | Conservation International Wildlife Conservation Society Belize Audubon Society Friends for w and Development United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform |