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Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (CUWMA)
National Sea Grant College Program (Sea-grant)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Smithsonian Institution (SI) – Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)
Transatlantic Policy Consortium (TPC)
Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC)
== Research ==
George Mason University hosts $149 million in sponsored research projects annually, as of 2019. In 2016, Mason was classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Mason moved into this classification based on a review of its 2013–2014 data that was performed by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University.
The research is focused on health, sustainability and security. In health, researchers focus is on wellness, disease prevention, advanced diagnostics and biomedical analytics. Sustainability research examines climate change, natural disaster forecasting, and risk assessment. …