Partner organizations

ABTC recycles lithium-ion batteries and is developing a primary lithium resource, aiming at a domestic, circular supply of lithium, nickel, cobalt and …

Beacon Systems is a minority-owned small business and federal prime contractor that provides technology, engineering and business services, mainly to state and …

CitizenWorks is a Reno company that provides 'human-first' AI enablement. It runs AI training and workshops, embeds with teams to drive organisational …

A woman-owned consulting firm established in 2017 and registered as a federal vendor, offering management and scientific/technical consulting. Through it, Chang works …

EDAWN is a privately funded 501(c)(6) regional economic development organization founded in 1983 that recruits companies, helps existing businesses expand, and supports …

An AI consulting and engineering firm that designs and deploys AI agents and automation on infrastructure the client controls, which it calls …

Nevada's NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center, hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno. It helps the state's manufacturers with business growth, …

Nevada's state geological survey, defined in state law (NRS 514) as the state's official source of data and analysis on geology, natural …

DETR is Nevada's lead workforce development agency, covering job placement and training, vocational rehabilitation, unemployment insurance, anti-discrimination enforcement and labor-market information. It …

NDWR, created in 1903 and housed in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, manages Nevada's water under Title 48 NRS and …

GOED is Nevada's state economic development agency, created by the 2011 Legislature (NRS 231) and chaired by the Governor. Its divisions cover …

The Office of Energy sets state energy policy, runs energy programs and distributes federal energy funding; it dates from 1975 and became …

OSIT, established under NRS 223.600 in the Office of the Governor, runs Nevada's statewide STEM education and broadband programs. STEM work includes …

Nevada GrantLab is a Las Vegas 501(c)(3), founded in 2020, that helps nonprofits and their government partners win and administer federal grants. …

A Native American student-success program started in 2022 under NIH-funded Nevada INBRE that gives high school and college students mentoring, academic advising, …

The statewide trade association for Nevada's mining industry, founded in 1913. It advocates on policy and legislation, engages communities and supports workforce …

The Nevada Legislature created the RPDPs in 1999 (SB 555) as the state's regional providers of professional learning for teachers and administrators. …

The Nevada SBDC, hosted by the UNR College of Business since 1985, offers free, confidential one-on-one advising, training and market research to …

Nevadaworks is northern Nevada's local workforce development board. It runs WIOA adult, dislocated-worker and youth programs, upskilling and incumbent-worker training, and apprenticeships …

A regional food council that meets monthly (fourth Tuesday) for food-system planning, community-needs assessment, data gathering and support for local food initiatives. …

Nevada's investor-owned electric utility, serving both the north and south of the state, plus natural gas service in northern Nevada. It is …

Northern Nevada's largest locally governed not-for-profit health system and Nevada's only not-for-profit academic health system, affiliated with the UNR School of Medicine. …

A defense and aerospace company headquartered in Sparks, founded in 1963 at Reno Stead Airport. It builds mission systems, aircraft modifications, autonomy, …

The local section of SME, the professional society for the minerals industry. It holds monthly dinner meetings with technical talks on mining …

A cross-sector food policy coalition whose roots go back to a 2011 Three Square Food Bank convening, now hosted at UNR Extension …

SNWA is the regional wholesale water agency formed in 1991 by seven water and wastewater agencies, including Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las …

Founded in 2000 and based in Las Vegas, Switch designs, builds and runs large data-center campuses and now markets itself as an …

Gigafactory Nevada makes battery cells, energy storage products, electric motors and vehicle powertrains in very high volume. Tesla is adding a lithium …

The Center for Nonprofit Business is a Reno organization that builds the capacity of Washoe County nonprofits and their leaders. Search-index descriptions …

A community-owned water utility formed in 2001 by a joint powers agreement between Reno, Sparks and Washoe County. It treats Truckee River …

UNR's teaching center supports faculty, postdocs and graduate teaching assistants through consultations, workshops, peer observation, new-faculty programs, learning communities and teaching awards. …

UCED, founded in 1992 in UNR's College of Business, is an EDA University Center. It does applied economic research (impact, labor-market, agribusiness …

UNR's dual-credit program delivers University courses inside high school classrooms, with high school teachers paired with and mentored by UNR faculty. Students …

Founded in 2013, DFI is an applied-agriculture program of UNR's land-grant college. It runs a certified-organic training farm and nursery at the …

Launched in 2024, Nevada Online is UNR's unit for fully online degrees, certificates and courses for adult, place-bound and working learners. Its …

Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) is a defense and space company. Its Defense & National Security business, formerly Valley Tech Systems (acquired in …

Nevada's second-largest school district, covering Reno, Sparks and rural Washoe County from Gerlach to Incline Village. Its CTE department runs programs of …

Workforce Connections is southern Nevada's local workforce development board and oversees the One-Stop delivery system: EmployNV Career, Business and Youth Hubs, several …