In contemporary scientific pursuits, the development of successful collaborative research projects builds on a widespread community of scientific endeavor that extends beyond local resources.
Scientific dialog leads to important new discoveries and opportunities for collaborative inquiry.
Under the sponsorship of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center, KU experts can target a topic to be examined in cross-disciplinary contexts. By bringing local scholars together with noted national and international experts, common themes and collaborative approaches to research can be explored. Such occasions can lead to the development of collaborative proposals, joint publications, and a framework for continued contact beyond the time of the actual conference event. The Merrill Advanced Studies Center founders, director, staff and associates are committed to the proposition that all individuals, regardless of their opportunities and capabilities, should be encouraged and aided in attaining dignity and quality in the full course of their lives, and that the cumulative force of knowledge, science and technology must be employed to discover and direct all means for advancing this human purpose. Provide the academic umbrella and support functions necessary to create, review and share information from advanced scientific studies of developmental problems across the human life span.