Center for Rural Research and Development at UNK: General entrepreneurship assistance; market research services to regional business and community clients using traditional survey methodologies and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Contact: http://www.unk.edu/crrd/.

Gallup Research Center: Coordinates the UNL Survey Research and Methodology Program; by courtesy of Gallup, housed at the Gallup Organization's historical downtown location adjacent to UNL where students can experience survey work in progress. Contact: http://sram.unl.edu/GRC/GRC.asp.

Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research, Nebraska Rural Health Works project: Housed within the College of Public Health, analyses of the economic impact of the health care sector on local communities in many Nebraska counties and for the state of Nebraska. Contact: www.unmc.edu/NeRHW.

Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, Center for Applied Rural Innovation: The Nebraska Cooperative Development Center is Nebraska's center for cooperative based business development. NCDC Provides education, training, and technical assistance (group facilitation, specialized resources such as legal assistance, feasibility analysis and financial assistance), and small amounts of seed money for developing and existing cooperatively owned, LLC or other structured businesses. Contact: http://ncdc.unl.edu. Lincoln 402-472-1748, Holdrege 308-995-3889.