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
Crop Science Research and Education Center CSREC 217-244-0851 Website
Center for UAS Propulsion CUP CUP@illinois.edu Website
Center for Writing Studies CWS cws-programs@illinois.edu 217-333-3251 Website
CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies CyberGIS Center help@cybergis.org Website
Division of Animal Resources DAR daradministrators@illinois.edu 217-333-2564 Website
Distributed Autonomous Systems Laboratory DASLAB girishc@illinois.edu Website
Data and Informatics Graduate Intern-Traineeship: Materials at the Atomic Scale DIGI-MAT htj@illinois.edu Website
Development in Neurogenetic Disabilities Lab DND thedndlab@illinois.edu 217-265-8043 Website
Disability Participation & Quality of Life Research Laboratory DPQL dpqoluiuc@outlook.com (217) 333-4650 Website
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center DSAC sethridg@illinois.edu Website
Dudley Smith Initiative DSI nmisaac@illinois.edu 217-333-0240 Website
Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media Institute eDream deannas@ncsa.uiuc.edu 217-244-1996 Website
Embodied and Immersive Technologies Group EmIT emitgroup@education.illinois.edu Website
Exercise Psychology Lab EPL epl@ahs.Illinois.edu 217-300-4700 Website
EPSY@UIUC Evaluation Lab EPSY@UIUC EvaLab hopson@illinois.edu (217) 300-8263 Website
Exercise, Technology & Cognition Lab ETC etcresearch@illinois.edu 217-300-7484 Website
European Union Center EU Center eucenter@illinois.edu 217-265-7515 Website
Family Resiliency Center FRC dariotis@illinois.edu 217-333-7772 Website
Gesture Augmented Simulations for Supporting Explanations GRASP Website
Health Care Engineering Systems Center HCESC hcesc@illinois.edu 217-265-0648 Website
Human Factors & Aging Laboratory HFA Lab hfa-lab@illinois.edu 217-300-5445 Website
Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Lab HMNTL mntl@illinois.edu 217-333-2300 Website
Humanities Research Institute HRI info-hri@illinois.edu 217-244-3344 Website
HathiTrust Research Center HTRC htrc-help@hathitrust.org Website
Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center I-MRSEC arendv@illinois.edu Website
I-STEM Education Initiative I-STEM i-stem@illinois.edu 217-333-9625 Website
Illinois Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee IACUC iacuc@illinois.edu 217-333-7789 Website
Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory IBRL bconerty@illinois.edu 217-333-3570 Website
Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe ICASU Website
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory ICMT director@icmt.illinois.edu 217-244-4268 Website