The Research Institute (TRI)
The Research Institute at Western Oregon University is an innovative and unique grant funded department on campus that supports the university’s mission and core value focus areas including valuing community and embracing diversity by producing measurable outcomes in communities across the state and the nation. The Research Institute at Western Oregon University has a 60 year history of working in education, family and community services, and ability services and has produced academic and research to practice based products and services that are still in use in classrooms and schools today.
TRI has an annual budget of approximately $8.5 million through grants and contracts with a variety of funders including various departments within the state of Oregon, county governments, other universities, non-profit organizations and foundations. TRI is continually working to better serve our communities, and over half of our full time employees are fluent in at least one additional language besides English.
