NAU Research

At NAU, we鈥檝e always been a part of the world and a partner to it鈥攕tarting in Flagstaff, a city that prizes innovation. Widely recognized for its research, NAU has built a reputation for scientific discovery and the invention of new technologies.

Office of the Vice President for Research

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides leadership and support for campus-wide research efforts, advocates on behalf of research needs and resources, hosts research events, and maximizes the benefits of NAU鈥檚 research to the scholarly community.

The Office of the Vice President for Research

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Explore NAU鈥檚 research enterprise

Find out more about who we are: our research strengths, where we conduct research, the impact we have on the region and the world, and how our research is funded.

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Innovations

NAU Innovations is the university鈥檚 technology development and commercialization program. We facilitate the transfer of inventions generated through university research to the private sector, transforming discoveries into solutions that have local and global impact. We partner with the top science and technology companies in Arizona and beyond, licensing patent rights for commercial development and sale.

Learn more about NAU Innovations

Research safety, compliance, and IRB

Compliance isn鈥檛 just about following policies鈥攊t鈥檚 about being safe and ethical in the research you do.

Learn about research safety, compliance, and IRB

Research centers and institutes

Our faculty lead a broad range of initiatives, many of which have developed into university-wide centers or institutes聽that drive excellence in strategic areas of interdisciplinary research, such as the聽Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, the聽Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, and the聽Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications.

Discover more about the research centers and institutes

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Services and facilities

Our聽core facilities and high-performance labs聽provide researchers with the resources and technologies they need to achieve world-class scientific outcomes, such as Monsoon, the聽high-performance computing cluster, 聽the聽Research Greenhouse Complex, and the聽Imaging and Histology Core Facility.

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Knowledge note

According to the聽聽, NAU is classified as 鈥淩1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production.鈥�

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