About CRES

Mission statement
The mission of the Center for Research in Environmental Sciences (CRES) is to facilitate multidisciplinary research activities and funding in environmental sciences across Indiana University.

Goals and activities
CRES serves as an umbrella organization at Indiana University, to facilitate the common pursuit of the highest quality multidisciplinary research in environmental sciences across the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the various departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, and other units in the IU system. This campus center based around the theme of environmental science reports to the IU Office of Vice Provost for Research (OVPR). It provides environmental scientists at IU a collaborative and supportive environment to develop multidisciplinary projects that enhance research productivity, external funding for their research, and recruitment of top graduate students.

The 6000-square-foot Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve field lab (completed in April 2009) is the first LEED-certified building on the IU Bloomington campus. The field lab building, located near University Lake on the Griffy Woods property, is available for use for research and teaching. [ Read more about the field lab. ]