The Applied Research and Policy Institute (ARPI) is a research and policy institute and is an off campus affiliate to the University of Nevada, Reno, and a partner of the UNLV School of Public Policy and Leadership.

Vision: The ARPI is the national leader in systems change research, data and policy initiative modeling and evaluation.

Mission: The goal of the ARPI is to advance data driven public policy research, innovation and applied analysis with a focus on state and local systems change.