UT-Battelle has expanded the use of partnerships as a means for conducting collaborative R&D, facilitating access to ORNL's distinctive capabilities, improving the utilization of its scientific facilities, transferring technology to industry, and supporting the education of the next generation of scientists and engineers.

• Duke University
• Florida State University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• North Carolina State University
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• University of Virginia
• Vanderbilt University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University