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Joint
Appointments

Enhancing capabilities and
enabling greater scientific impact

Joint appointments between PNNL and other research institutions provide new and diverse opportunities for researchers to expand their knowledge and impact. This joint appointment program creates a pathway for researchers to contribute unique capabilities that advance the scientific missions of both institutions. This distinctive opportunity allows for collaborations and impact that would not be possible outside of this formalized framework.

Incoming and outgoing appointments elevate the scientific impact and productivity of researchers at both institutions by:

  • fostering collaborative research;
  • deepening and broadening capabilities;
  • facilitating transdisciplinary research;
  • providing access to specialized instrumentation and other research tools; and
  • giving students and interns new educational and training opportunities.

PNNL's active and growing joint appointment program includes more than 200 researchers from over 60 university and non-profit research institutions in the United States and abroad. 

Current partner institutions are shown below; see the Joint Appointees webpage for a complete list of participating researchers.  

  • Arizona State University
  • Boise State University
  • Brigham Young University
  • Brown University
  • Cal Poly Humboldt
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Central Washington University
  • City College of New York
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Colorado State University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Indiana University
  • Iowa State University
  • Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Michigan State University
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Montana State University
  • North Carolina State University
  • Northeastern University
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Oregon Health & Science University
  • Oregon State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Rutgers University
  • San Francisco State University
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
  • Texas A&M
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili
  • University at Buffalo
  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Denver
  • University of Florida
  • University of Hartford
  • University of Houston
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Nevada, Reno
  • University of Oregon
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of Tennessee
  • University of Texas at El Paso
  • University of Texas at San Antonio
  • University of Toledo
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Utah
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Utah State University
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Washington State University
  • West Virginia University
  • Western Washington University

Joint appointments are typically initiated out of existing connections or collaborations between researchers at PNNL and faculty at partner universities. Formalized appointments are jointly approved by both institutions. 

Questions? Please contact ResearchPartnerships@pnnl.gov.

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