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
Center for Advanced Study	CAS	CAS@illinois.edu	217-333-6729	Website
Center for African Studies	CAS	african@illinois.edu	217-333-6335	Website
Center for Children's Books	CCB	ccb-asst@illinois.edu	217-244-9331	Website
Cancer Center at Illinois	CCIL	cancercenter@illinois.edu	217-300-6100	Website
Child Development Laboratory	CDL	hcd-cdlprog@mx.uillinois.edu	217-333-2550	Website
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies	CEAPS	ceaps@illinois.edu	217-333-7273	Website
Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design	CEESD	jbfreund@illinois.edu		Website
Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics	CEME	machines@ece.illinois.edu	217-265-5128	Website
Center for the Economics of Sustainability	CEOS	ceos-contact@illinois.edu		Website
Center for Education in Small Urban Communities	CESUC	vhperez@illinois.edu	217-300-5012	Website
Children and Family Research Center	CFRC	danzap@illinois.edu	217-333-5837	Website
Center for Global Studies	CGS	global-studies@illinois.edu	217-265-5186	Website
Center on Health, Aging, and Disability	CHAD	chad@ahs.illinois.edu	217-333-4965	Website
Center for Hypersonics & Entry Systems Studies	CHESS	mpanesi@illinois.edu		Website
Chez Veterans Center	Chez	mlots2@illinois.edu	217-332-5725	Website
Center for Health Informatics	CHI	chi-information@illinois.edu		Website
Child Speech Research Lab	Child SRL	child-SRL@illinois.edu	217-300-8336	Website
Center for Innovative Instrumentation Technology	CIIT	bcunning@illinois.edu	217-265-6291	Website
Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship	CIRSS	cirss@illinois.edu	217-333-1980	Website
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies	CLACS	clacs@illinois.edu	217-333-3182	Website
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology	CNST	nanotechnology@illinois.edu	217-244-1353	Website
Collaborative Learning Lab	CoLearnLab	mercier@illinois.edu		Website
Center for the Physics of the Living Cell	CPLC		217-333-3761	Website
Center for Plasma–Material Interactions	CPMI	druzic@illinois.edu	217-333-0332	Website
Center for Prevention Research and Development	CPRD	cprd-atil@illinois.edu	217-333-3231	Website
Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment	CREA	crea@education.illinois.edu	217-333-2981	Website
The Center for Climate, Regional, Environmental, and Trade Economics	CREATE	dallerba@illinois.edu		Website
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	CSAMES	csames@illinois.edu	217-244-7331	Website
Center for Social and Behavioral Science	CSBS	CSBScience@illinois.edu		Website
Coordinated Science Laboratory	CSL	ewhit@illinois.edu	217-333-2511	Website

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