Research Database

Explore our Searchable Database of Sponsored Research & Engagement with Native Nations

In FY 2023, researchers at the University of Arizona actively engaged in more than 180 projects in Arizona and around the country that involved tribal communities. These projects ranged from the preservation of archaeological discoveries at the Arizona State Museum to the large-scale All of Us Research Program funded by the National Institutes of Health, among many others. 

***The database below provides the list of sponsored projects that were active in FY 2023. 

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Title College/Unit Sponsor Investigator Tribe(s) Status
RAPID: Plains Indian Sign Language Documentation, Linguistic Database, and Dictionary College of Education National Science Foundation Cody, Melanie Kiowa, Northern Cheyenne, Peigan, Pawnee, Lakota, Ute Active
Research Support for Science Communications and Water Resource Management Toolbox College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Bureau of Reclamation Fisher, Lawrence Hopi Tribe of Arizona, Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah, Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona Active
Restoring Northeast Cape for the Health and Well-Being of the Yupik Communities of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska College of Public Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Von Hippel, Frank A The Yupik people on St. Lawrence Island Active
RET Site: Optics Research Experience for Teachers in Native American Schools (O-RETinas) College of Optical Sciences National Science Foundation Norwood, Robert A Multiple Tribes Active
Risk Management Education for Dairy and Beef Producers in AZ, NM, and NV College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Washington State University Tronstad, Russell E White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona Active

UArizona Sponsored Projects Active Awards with Native Nations FY2023

Total Obligated Funding $249,700,425

(note: total award amount, not broken down by length of project)