The Alward Institute for Collaborative Science is a 501(c)(3) non-profit economic research and education corporation with a mission to undertake cooperative big data analysis and teaching focused on problems in regional science. Our mission is to: 1. Collaborate in research and teaching with colleagues in business, government and academia on challenging problems in regional science. 2. Build capacity in regional science with partner institutions through collaborative learning. 3. Promote the adoption and use of social accounts as a framework for organizing social and economic information. 4. Enhance access to advanced computational and analytical methods and information in regional science using an open-source approach. Contact Info: If you are interested in collaborating with us through grants, donations, research partnerships or education curricula, please contact us at: ALWARD INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE Gregory S. Alward, Chairman & CEO Phone: 970.217.3942 Email: Greg.Alward@AlwardInstitute.org