The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (UNDSMHS) Center for Rural Health will construct a high-speed data network, Health Care Research & Education Network, to connect the UNDSMHS's four main campus sites and its own clinical medical sites to several rural health care facilities in North Dakota. The project will also commission a Design Study that will determine the feasibility and cost of providing fiber access and Internet-2 connectivity to each of the 39 rural hospitals in North Dakota.