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The FA Institute aims to connect broadly with the U of A community to help build international collaborations with France across campus. 

"As the partnership moves forward in years to come, we expect the FA Institute to boost existing collaborations and facilitate the emergence of new research programs of major significance for science and society," Ferriere said.

Currently, the Institute interacts closely with Biosphere 2, through the iGLOBES International Research Lab and the Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO).  Additionally, the Institute hopes to amplify the existing interactions between iGLOBES and the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, and the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), and develop new connections with other centers that are designed to tackle global grand challenges, such as the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies (AIRES), the Space Science Institute, the Data Science Institute, and BIO5. We will continue to reach out across university colleges to engage and support faculty and students in all disciplines – science and optical sciences, humanities, social sciences, arts, engineering, agriculture, and health. Building these connections with the whole U of A research community creates a rich network underlaid by a common motivation for transdisciplinary approaches to global grand challenges.