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
The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory skoshy@illinois.edu 217-333-2581 Website
Center for Business and Public Policy nmiller@illinois.edu 217-244-2847 Website
Center for Digital Agriculture digitalag@illinois.edu Website
farmdoc 217-333-2792 Website
HathiTrust Digital Library feedback@issues.hathitrust.org Website
Health Maker Lab medicine@illinois.edu 217-300-5700 Website
Illinois Plant Breeding Center 217-333-1966 Website
Health Promotion & Rehabilitation Lab hprehab@illinois.edu 217-300-2800 Website
Human Factors Lab dgm@illinois.edu 217-244-1176 Website
Aging and Neurocognition Lab AANCL AANCL-Lab@illinois.edu 217-265-6574 Website
Program in Arms Control and Domestic and International Security ACDIS acdis@illinois.edu 217-333-7086 Website
Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab ACN tinnitus@acnlab.com 217-333-7561 Website
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Center ACRC ljubicam@illinois.edu 217-300-6393 Website
Adult Development, Adaptation, & Technology Laboratory ADAPT Laboratory stmejia@illinois.edu 217-300-3088 Website
Aging and Diversity Lab ADL adl@ahs.illinois.edu Website
ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss ADMI postharvestinstitute@illinois.edu 217-333-5115 Website
Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability Institute AIFARMS Institute digitalag@illinois.edu Website
Advanced Materials Testing and Evaluation Laboratory AMTEL amtel@illinois.edu 217-333-3751 Website
Auditory Neuro Experience Lab ANEx anex-lab@illinois.edu 217-300-6212 Website
Applied Psycholinguistics Lab APL phadley@illinois.edu 217-333-1968 Website
Applied Research Institute ARI appliedresearch@illinois.edu 217-300-3162 Website
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program ASAP Website
Body Composition and Nutritional Neuroscience Laboratory BCNN bcnnlab@gmail.com 217-300-1667 Website
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Beckman communications@beckman.illinois.edu 217-244-1176 Website
Binaural Hearing Lab BHL jaronoff@illinois.edu Website
Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory BIL 217-333-8598 Website
Botanical Estrogen Research Center BRC Website
Center for Networked Intelligent Components and Environments (C-NICE) C-NICE pferreir@illinois.edu 217-333-2511 Website
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute C3.ai DTI Website
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation CABBI cabbi-bio@illinois.edu 217-244-1586 Website