Research
REAL Women Co-Lab conducts, contributes, and catalyzes research on rural women in business. Below are projects the lab and/or its staff members have been previously engaged on.
Business Finance and Access to Capital Research:
- [In Progress] 2024 Funding Foundations Rural, Online Cohort and Lending Pilot: Rocky Mountain Women's Business Center and Dakota Business Lending (multi-state).
- [In Progress] 2024 Montana Access to Finance Micro-Reports for:
- Rural
- Indigenous
- Women
- 2023 Accelerate Montana: Access to Finance Funders Report + Executive Summary
- 2023 Accelerate Montana: Access to Finance Business Report + Executive Summary