Research Centers, Institutes, and Programs

UIUC's vibrant research community is home to a number of research centers, institutes, programs, and initiatives. Our researchers translate insights on problems such as global sustainability, feeding the world, and fighting poverty and disease into innovative products and technologies, policy recommendations with impact, and advances in education and community engagement. The list below is not exhaustive—please send updates to Kristin Tennant.

Research Unit Name	Abbv	Email	Phone	Unit URL
Illinois Center for Transportation	ICT	ict-communications@illinois.edu	217-300-1488	Website
Intellectual DisAbilities Communication Lab	IDCL	idclResearch@illinois.edu	217-265-6058	Website
Identifying Depression Through Early Assessment	IDEA	ktabb@illinois.edu	217-300-0200	Website
Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access	IDEA Institute	engineering@illinois.edu		Website
Illinois Digital Ecologies and Learning Laboratory	IDEALL	eniswan1@illinois.edu	217-333-0960	Website
Illinois Early Learning Project	IEL	iel@illinois.edu	(877) 275-3227	Website
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology	IGB	info-igb@illinois.edu	217-244-2999	Website
Institute of Government and Public Affairs	IGPA	IGPA@uillinois.edu	217-333-3340	Website
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute	IHSI	healthinstitute@illinois.edu	217-244-8480	Website
Illinois–Indiana Sea Grant	IISG	iisg@purdue.edu	765-496-6009	Website
Illinois Advanced Research Center at Singapore	Illinois ARCS	adsc@illinois.edu	65 6591 9090	Website
Informatics Programs	Informatics	informatics@illinois.edu	217-333-4930	Website
Illinois Natural History Survey	INHS	info@inhs.illinois.edu	217-333-6880	Website
Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center	IQUIST	iquist-info@illinois.edu	217-244-3051	Website
Illinois State Archaeological Survey	ISAS	isas@illinois.edu	217-244-4244	Website
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment	iSEE	sustainability@illinois.edu	217-333-4178	Website
Illinois State Geological Survey	ISGS	info@isgs.illinois.edu	217-333-4747	Website
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center	ISTC	info@istc.illinois.edu	217-333-8940	Website
Illinois State Water Survey	ISWS	info@isws.illinois.edu		Website
Information Trust Institute	ITI		217-333-3546	Website
Illinois Water Resources Center	IWRC	iwrc@illinois.edu	217-300-2101	Website
Laboratory for Emotion & Stress Assessment	LESA	laracini@illinois.edu	(217) 244-9363	Website
Laboratory for Optical Physics and Engineering	LOPE		217-333-2483	Website
Midwest Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center	M-CNTC	dorothyh@illinois.edu	217-244-7092	Website
Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub	MBDH	info@midwestbigdatahub.org		Website
Midwest Center of Excellence Vector-Borne Disease	MCE-VBD	mcevbd@wisc.edu	608-265-4741	Website
Mobility and Fall Prevention Research Laboratory	MFPRL	uiuc.fallprevention@gmail.com	217-300-3080	Website
Molecule Maker Lab Institute	MMLI	moleculemaker@illinois.edu		Website
Materials Research Laboratory	MRL	mrl@illinois.edu	217-244-2461	Website
Microbial Systems Initiative	MSI	meberg@illinois.edu	217-333-9021	Website

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