Research
Research and Training Centers at the University of Washington
At the University of Washington the curriculum and research activities in natural resources and the environment are extensive, broad in scope, and of very high quality. Across all three campuses, UW has about 400 faculty, 1,200 graduate students, and 4,800 undergraduates in degree programs in environmental and natural resource fields.
Funding of sponsored programs in these areas at UW add up to about $75 million each year. Although most of this funding is in focused disciplinary projects, UW faculty have also won many large, interdisciplinary grants to tackle a wide range of big problems from climate change to air pollution to oceanic toxins. Quietly, over time, UW has become one of the of the largest and most important environmental research universities in the country.
Although not all research centers listed below are currently affiliated with the QERM program, this listing provides an overview of the broad range of research currently underway at the UW.
Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Center
Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation
Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
International Trade in Forest Products, Center for
Olympic Natural Resources Center
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Precision Forestry Cooperative
Program on the Environment (PoE)
Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM)
Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility
