The Americas Research and Education Networks (AMREN)
Research and Education Networks in the Americas support their communities through powerful strategic, technical and community- driven collaborations that support groundbreaking research and education that benefits students, faculty, researchers and communities across North and South America.
CANARIE, Internet2, and RedCLARA have partnered to highlight the role of Research and Education Networks in the Americas (the AMREN), which collectively connect over 3,100 institutions in the Americas.
These purpose-built networks support large data streams that are the foundation for leading-edge research and discovery, and support the needs of a wide range of educational institutions. As the AMREN is driven by the needs of their communities and immersed in the high- technology sector, they are ever-evolving infrastructures that support the universal human need to discover, learn, and improve.
Fast Facts about the AMREN:
Collectively, over 88,500 km of fibre optic cable connecting 3,175 institutions
All research disciplines supported, but the AMREN is critical to supporting astronomy, health care, and climate change research, given the large data sets involved, scientific instruments distributed across the Americas, and the ethos of ongoing collaboration among research teams
The AMREN offers over 60 services that enable researchers to accelerate the path to discovery
About AMRENs Partners
CANARIE | www.canarie.ca
CANARIE connects Canadians to each other and to the world. Our programs equip researchers, students and startups to excel on the global stage.
Together with our thirteen provincial and territorial partners, we form Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). This ultra-high-speed network connects Canada’s researchers, educators, and innovators to each other and to global data, technology, and colleagues.
Beyond the network, we fund and promote the development of software for research and national efforts to manage data generated from research. To strengthen the security of Canada’s research and education sector, we collaborate with our partners in the NREN, government, academia, and the private sector to fund, implement, and support cybersecurity initiatives. We also provide identity management services to the academic community and boost Canada’s startups with cloud resources and expertise in emerging technologies.
Established in 1993, we are a non-profit corporation, with most of our funding provided by the Government of Canada.
Internet2 | www.internet2.edu
Internet2 is a U.S. non-profit, advanced technology consortium founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. It provides national, globally interwoven technology infrastructure and collaboration capabilities for the nation’s researchers, scholars, and learners. Internet2 exists to facilitate mission-critical technology services for U.S. higher education institutions in support of their educational, research, and community service missions. Internet2 enables the power of collaborative scale to make possible vitally important capabilities that no single institution could produce on its own and no other source will provide.
Today, over 300 universities from across the United States are members of this advanced technology consortium and they are joined by over sixty businesses and government agencies. Internet2 provides tools, technology, infrastructure, and services that are always optimized for the future because of our community-driven development and customization that is designed to meet the unique needs of the research and education community. We are proud partners with CANARIE and RedCLARA to facilitate and foster this community across the Americas.
RedCLARA | www.redclara.net
RedCLARA is the Latin American Research and Education Network, regional leader and promotor of collaboration and development in education, science and innovation, by means of its e-infrastructure and services tailored for its community needs. RedCLARA provides regional interconnections and connections to the world through its international links and promotes the development of tools, services and research projects to empower regional scientific and educational development and the collaboration within Latin American R&E institutions and of Latin America and the rest of the world with an important focus on less developed regions.