Such collaborative, innovative scholarship strengthens NAU’s performance as a nationally recognized research university. Faculty and students perform boundary-crossing studies that lead to sustainable solutions for our environment, the economy, and our health—in Arizona and beyond.
Explore NAU’s centers and institutes
Our centers and institutes increase civic and global engagement and deliver vital services to society
Ecosystem science and environmental research
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS)
- Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!)
- Colorado Plateau Biodiversity Center (CPBC)
- Colorado Plateau Research Station (CPRS)
- Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI)
- Landscape Conservation Initiative (LCI)
- Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research (MPCER)
Campus health and health research
- Health and Learning Center (HLC)
- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI)
- Center for Health Equity Research (CHER)
- The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention
- Institute for Human Development (IHD)
Global engagement
Native American enterprises
- The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP)
- Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
- Center for American Indian Resilience (CAIR)