"Interdisciplinary connections are absolutely fundamental. They are synapses in this new capability to look over and beyond the horizon. Interfaces of the sciences are where the excitement will be the most intense..."
Rita Colwell, Former Director NSF
Interdisciplinary research is clearly the key to significant research funding in the future. NSF, DARPA, and virtually every major funding source have recognized and aligned proposals and awards around the concept of interdisciplinary research.
PRISM’s name (Partnership for Spatial Modeling) announces the value we place on interdisciplinary research. Our goal is to encourage horizontal connections across research disciplines, develop new approaches, techniques, and tools, and to share applications across disciplines. The intent is to refine and extend results, and to permit new analyses by discipline researchers. Participating in interdisciplinary research in turn pushes the fundamental research in modeling and visualization and other related computer science areas.
To date, successful partnerships have been established with the following departments and organizations:
Partnership & Interdisciplinary Connections 
