Research Impact Partners

This searchable database provides a list of organizations that support research impact work and includes potential partners for your broadening participation, evaluation, and outreach efforts. Use the drop-down menus at the left to filter the list of organizations by audience, services, types, or umbrella organization. 

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Discovery to Impact

The Discovery to Impact team at The University of Texas at Austin brings research discoveries to the marketplace to impact the world. Working with world-class inventors, investors, creators and entrepreneurs, we launch startups and collaborate with established businesses to accelerate new products, services, solutions and cures.

Division of General Internal Medicine

All faculty at Dell Medical School who are internists that provide outpatient primary care. We work at UT Health Austin, CommUnityCare, the VA, Vivent Health, Harbor Health, and affiliated clinics.

Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC)

EPIC's mission is to broaden participation in K20 computing pathways through research, outreach, professional development, and policy advocacy. (PK-12 students and teachers)

Factor Health

Leveraging collaborative programs to accelerate scientific discovery into tools for healing and healthy lives.

Faculty Locator by Area of Impact

The Texas Engineering research community is known around the world for its collaborative spirit and its extraordinary breadth and quality of expertise. From energy and the environment to bioengineering and health, Cockrell School researchers are developing technologies and solutions in 10 cross-disciplinary Research Impact Areas.

Freshman Research Initiative

The Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) gives first-year students the opportunity to initiate and engage in real-world research experience with faculty and graduate students.

GeoForce Texas

GeoFORCE Texas develops the next generation of STEM leadership by identifying young, academically adept 8th graders and taking them on extraordinary in-person and virtual field academies. Students travel throughout the U.S. learning about geologically relevant field sites from research scientists and faculty.

Girl Day at UT Austin

STEM Girl Day at UT Austin is a FREE event for K-8th grade students and their families, educators, and other adults. Presented by Women in STEM (WiSTEM) in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin hosts the largest Girl Day program of its kind in the world! (PK-8 students)

GIS and Geospatial Data Services

The Libraries provides geographic information system (GIS) and geospatial data services for university faculty, students and staff across all disciplines and departments. We can help ensure that you have the software, data, technical training, and other resources you might need to successfully carry out any type of geospatial research project.

Our goal is to facilitate geospatial research at the university by helping scholars overcome the technical challenges of working with geographic information in all phases of the research lifecycle.

High School Research Initiative (HRI)

The University of Texas High School Research Initiative (HRI) is a scientific inquiry program focused on training teachers in rural high schools across Texas to successfully lead independent research experiences for high school students, infuse inquiry into existing curriculum, and use innovative resources to support inquiry in the classroom. Our program provides training, resources, and undergraduate mentors to facilitate flexible modular experiences in the health sciences for high school classrooms. (9-12 teachers, 9-12 leaders, School districts)