NSF CC* Award #2430341
Connecting Tennessee's higher education institutions
to each other and to the world
Tennessee has 83 institutions of higher education and no statewide research network. TREN changes that — building the 100G backbone that connects every campus to national research infrastructure.
Infrastructure
Tennessee Research & Education Network Topology
★ Hub
University / Affiliate
Active
Planned
★ Degraded
Calendar
Upcoming events
Network
Partners & collaborators
TREN will connect Tennessee's research universities to national research infrastructure. This list reflects where things stand today — NSF funding, our four founding institutions, and the universities and organizations we've been in conversation with as the network takes shape.
National Science Foundation
Internet2
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Southern Crossroads (SOX)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee State University
Tennessee Technological University
Middle Tennessee State University
UT Chattanooga
University of Memphis
East Tennessee State University
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
UT Health Sciences Center