Water Professional Development: How can we help you?
Water professionals: How can we help you? One goal of the Montana NSF EPSCoR CREWS Project is to support Montana professionals who are working in water-related industries, including state agencies, local municipalities, private consultancies, non-profits and other areas. Please help us better understand your professional development needs so that we can assist you!

Montana NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 CREWS News Release
NSF Awards Montana $20 million to Advance Research and Education in Water Quality. The National Science Foundation has funded a new $20 million research and education project on water quality in Montana. The project, titled the Consortium for Research on Environmental Water Systems, or CREWS, is a partnership between the University of Montana, Montana State University, Montana Technological University, Salish Kootenai College and Little Big Horn College to study Montana water systems and water quality issues.
Careers in STEM: Liddi Meredith, hydrogeologist
Dr. Elizabeth "Liddi" Meredith is a hydrogeologist with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology at Montana Technological University in Butte. She is a member of the Montana NSF EPSCoR research team and shared information about her career with the Montana Girls STEM Collaborative, an outreach program of Montana NSF EPSCoR. Her interview is reprinted her in its entirety.

MSU receives 'very high research activity' designation in Carnegie classification
MSU was designated a university with very high research activity by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research’s Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Request for Pre-proposals - Montana Water Center Faculty Seed Grants
The Montana Water Center invites pre-proposals for the annual Montana Water Center Faculty Seed Grants.
Upcoming Events
Bozeman Public Library
Plants and Pollinators Palooza
The MSU Science Math Resource Center and Montana NSF EPSCoR will be hosting a Plants and Pollinators Palooza at the Bozeman Public Library on Saturday May 10th from 10 am till 1 pm. The Palooza will contain short presentations from the Bumble Bee Atlas project as well as the Montana Native Plant Society’s citizen botany project. There will be an educational overview of both projects as well as an outdoor component putting into practice what participants have learned about plants and pollinators.
MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
SMART FIRES Year 3 All Hands Meeting
SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025.
MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
SMART FIRES Year 3 All Hands Meeting
SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025.