Research and Teaching

Engage with the world

A clinic in sub-Saharan Africa where URI researcher, Ashley Buchanan is developing statistical theories to conquer the HIV epidemic

Photograph by Ashley Buchanan

At URI there are no boundaries.

URI faculty are involved in cutting-edge international research and are worldwide experts in many areas of global importance. They are developing solutions to world problems and both graduate and undergraduate students have opportunities to work side-by-side with leaders their fields.

A Few of Our Global Projects

Are you a URI faculty member working overseas? Tell us about your project.

21stProducer of Peace Corps Volunteers
1,010Alumni Living Abroad
$5MGrant to Develop Sustainable Fisheries in Ghana
A research vessel lodged in ice in the Ross Sea near Antartica

Research, grants and scholarship

Initiate an international program or find funding for research abroad.

Research Abroad
Two URI students relaxing with residents at Faux Cap Villages in Madagascar

Propose a faculty-led program

A step-by-step guide for proposing and developing a Faculty-Led Program

Lead a program abroad
An Aerial view of Green hall, URI Kingston campus

Hosting a scholar

Find information to request a DS-2019 form for a J-1 researcher, scholar, and/or professor from abroad.

Coming to URI

A group of students in the 2019 Taiwan Summer Institute gathered on the URI Campus

URI Summer Institute

A four-week engineering, business, and language program in Kingston

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Green Hall

Distinguished International Visiting Scholars

The program provides hosting funds to support the global perspective at URI.

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Centers for Change
Closing ceremony, International Nonviolence Summer Institute