The RI Network for Excellence in Science and Technology (RI-NEST), through RI NSF EPSCoR, is coordinating and strengthening Rhode Island’s research ecosystem, emboldening unique partnerships with non-profit and industry organizations to develop use-inspired innovation that will benefit communities throughout the state and society at large. Through its Core Programs, faculty and students gain deeper experience and insight with research and broader impacts work across this ecosystem. 

SURF

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) introduces students over 10 weeks to research in marine-based sciences and engineering.

Undergrad Research

Vis-a-Thon

Through RISD’s Nature Lab, STEM faculty and students experiment with innovative ways of creating and using visual imagery and language.

Visualize Deeper

SciArt @CCRI

CCRI Art & Design and STEM students to explore shared subject matter through observation and interpretation, challenging each others ways of working.

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The Open Newsroom

Undergraduates will take the lead to learn and report on issues around science facing communities they care most about.

Forthcoming

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