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.

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
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of
Indiana University
Iowa State University
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
Queensland University of Technology

Rutgers University
San Francisco State University
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Tennessee State University
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
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.