About Us

Welcome to Communities of Interest (COI), a new initiative led by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development (OVPRIED) and a number of faculty members and researchers. Within this initiative, there are several groups of cross disciplinary researchers and scholars with various common interests. The Community of Interest initiative enable these researchers with common interests to increase collaborations that will establish new research activities and incite funded research.

Our goal is to connect you with other like-minded people to advance common causes/interests in various aspects of research by sharing wisdom, knowledge, information, or data, and collaboratively and interactively pursuing informed courses of action.