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
Orr Center aces@illinois.edu Website
TIAA-CREF Center for Farmland Research sherrick@illinois.edu Website
The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory skoshy@illinois.edu 217-333-2581 Website
Center for Digital Agriculture digitalag@illinois.edu Website
Exercise Immunology and Microbe Group woods1@illinois.edu Website
Voice and Speech Rehabilitation Research Lab UIUCvoicelab@gmail.com Website
Center for Business and Public Policy nmiller@illinois.edu 217-244-2847 Website
farmdoc 217-333-2792 Website
Illinois Plant Breeding Center 217-333-1966 Website
HathiTrust Digital Library feedback@issues.hathitrust.org Website
Health Maker Lab medicine@illinois.edu 217-300-5700 Website
Health Promotion & Rehabilitation Lab hprehab@illinois.edu 217-300-2800 Website
Human Factors Lab dgm@illinois.edu 217-244-1176 Website
AgReach mcnamar1@illinois.edu 217-333-3769 Website
Energy Farm energyfarm@illinois.edu Website
Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center afoltz@illinois.edu 217-333-4237 Website
Jump Simulation Center hcesc@illinois.edu Website
International Institute for Carbon–Neutral Energy Research Website
Soybean Innovation Lab soybeaninnovationlab@illinois.edu 217-300-8975 Website
Liberation Lab hneville@illinois.edu Website
The Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies lemann@illinois.edu 217-333-3182 Website
Meadan Family Lab meadan@illinois.edu (217) 333-0960 Website
Center for Autonomy 217-333-2511 Website
Fracture Control Program huseyin@illinois.edu Website
Midwestern Hydrogen Partnership Website
nanoMFG ertekin@illinois.edu Website
Molecular Muscle Physiology Laboratory mboppart@illinois.edu 217-244-1459 Website
Bureau of Educational Research ber@education.illinois.edu 217-333-3023 Website
Neuroproteomics and Neurometabolomics Center on Cell–Cell Signaling jsweedle@illinois.edu 217-244-7359 Website
Cline Center for Advanced Social Research cline-center@illinois.edu 217-265-7845 Website