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 in the life sciences (Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Department of Epidemiology,  Department of Human Genetics, Bioinformatics Program, Life Sciences Institute), the physical and environmental sciences (Department of Geological Sciences, College of Engineering, School of Natural Resources and the Environment), the social sciences (Department of Anthropology, Program in American Culture, Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies), and 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 (NIH, NSF), including the Genetics Training Grant, the Genome Science Training Grant, the Bioinformatics Training Grant, and the Biosphere-Atmosphere Training Grant.