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DRI was established by the Nevada Legislature in 1959 and became a stand alone institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) in 1969. Today there are nearly 500 researchers, staff and students working on approximately 300 research projects per year that takes place in every state in the nation and on every continent in the world.
From 1999 until 2006, DRI leveraged a total of $60 million of state support to bring $227 million of research funding to Nevada. The institute has grown 85 percent since 1999 while using only 1 percent of NSHE’s annual budget.
The institute’s two main campuses are in Reno and Las Vegas. There are satellite research facilities in Boulder City, Nev., and Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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