Because of the complexities of scale and diversity involved in the study of ecology and evolutionary biology, research in EEB is highly interdisciplinary. Thus, EEB faculty have affiliations or research collaborations with numerous units as follows.

Life sciences:
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Department of Epidemiology
Department of Human Genetics
Bioinformatics Program
Life Sciences Institute

Physical and environmental sciences:
Department of Geological Sciences 
College of Engineering
School of Natural Resources and Environment

Social sciences:
Department of Anthropology
Program in American Culture 
Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Mathematics:
Department of Mathematics
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics 

EEB faculty participate in several multi-departmental graduate training grants funded by federal agencies (National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation) including:
Genetics Training Grant
Genome Science Training Grant
Bioinformatics Training Grant
Biosphere-Atmosphere Training Grant