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
Auditory Neuro Experience Lab ANEx anex-lab@illinois.edu 217-300-6212 Website
Chez Veterans Center Chez mlots2@illinois.edu 217-332-5725 Website
ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss ADMI postharvestinstitute@illinois.edu 217-333-5115 Website
Adult Development, Adaptation, & Technology Laboratory ADAPT Laboratory stmejia@illinois.edu 217-300-3088 Website
Advanced Materials Testing and Evaluation Laboratory AMTEL amtel@illinois.edu 217-333-3751 Website
Aging and Diversity Lab ADL adl@ahs.illinois.edu Website
Aging and Neurocognition Lab AANCL AANCL-Lab@illinois.edu 217-265-6574 Website
AgReach mcnamar1@illinois.edu 217-333-3769 Website
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program ASAP Website
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Center ACRC ljubicam@illinois.edu 217-300-6393 Website
Applied Psycholinguistics Lab APL phadley@illinois.edu 217-333-1968 Website
Applied Research Institute ARI appliedresearch@illinois.edu 217-300-3162 Website
Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability Institute AIFARMS Institute digitalag@illinois.edu Website
Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab ACN tinnitus@acnlab.com 217-333-7561 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
Body Composition and Nutritional Neuroscience Laboratory BCNN bcnnlab@gmail.com 217-300-1667 Website
Botanical Estrogen Research Center BRC Website
Bureau of Educational Research ber@education.illinois.edu 217-333-3023 Website
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute C3.ai DTI Website
Cancer Center at Illinois CCIL cancercenter@illinois.edu 217-300-6100 Website
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology IGB info-igb@illinois.edu 217-244-2999 Website
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation CABBI cabbi-bio@illinois.edu 217-244-1586 Website
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 Autonomy 217-333-2511 Website
Center for Business and Public Policy nmiller@illinois.edu 217-244-2847 Website
Center for Children's Books CCB ccb-asst@illinois.edu 217-244-9331 Website
Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment CREA crea@education.illinois.edu 217-333-2981 Website