The University of Minnesota Informatics Institute (UMII) responds to the needs of the university community, and is shaped by the university community in partnership with public and private entities. UMII serves as the link to connect the research community to the services related to managing data across the data life cycle. UMII fosters and accelerates data-intensive research across the University system in agriculture, arts, design, engineering, environment, health, humanities, and social sciences through informatics services, competitive grants, and consultation.