The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.

Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, founded in 1869.

Cornell University is a private Ivy League and statutory land-grant research university, based in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White.

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.

The University of Michigan (Michigan or UMich) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 1817.

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.