As a co-op, RDS is a volunteer partnership among the following units or initiatives:
- The Department of Educational Psychology supports faculty commitment to the RDS as an expression its collegial and scholarly mission within the College.
- The Office of the Dean, Teachers College provides strategic planning and support for RDS as a research catalyst in the College.
- University Libraries provides resources and support for non-funded research.
- The Academic Anxiety Resource Center (AARC) is a research and outreach initiative that shares an overlap of faculty, purpose, and students. AARC convenes events in the iStudio that complement the missions of RDS and the CTE.
- Founding Partner: The Center for Technology in Education (CTE) was a 1) A studio context for RDS services and events; 2) technology resources and research consulting for RDS clients; 3) media production; and 4) online systems for dissemination, collaboration, and outreach. The CTE and iStudio ended officially in 2017. The iStudio lives on in virtual and philosophical contexts.