In creating CLiPS Case has partnered with the University of Texas at Austin, Fisk University, the University of Southern Mississippi and the Naval Research Laboratory.  A full research and education partnership between Case and Fisk is broadening participation of African-American students in the science and technology programs at both universities.  The Polymer Envoys Program engages students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District in the exploration of polymer science and engineering as academic pursuits and eventual careers; this program will serve as a model for Fisk and UT to form linkages with local public high schools.

Recognizing that personal contacts are an important influence in the career choice of college graduates, CLiPS has established affiliations with non-PhD-granting institutions that offer strong undergraduate science and engineering programs to stimulate enrollment of American students in CLiPS graduate programs.

CLiPS Partner and Affiliate Institutions