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
Morrow Plots		aces@illinois.edu		Website
nanoMFG		ertekin@illinois.edu		Website
National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics	NCPRE	ethicsctr@illinois.edu	217-333-1416	Website
National Center for Supercomputing Applications	NCSA	help@ncsa.illinois.edu	217-244-0710	Website
Neuroproteomics and Neurometabolomics Center on Cell–Cell Signaling		jsweedle@illinois.edu	217-244-7359	Website
New Frontiers Initiative	NFI	newfrontiers@illinois.edu	217-333-1163	Website
Northwestern Illinois Agricultural R&D Center	NWIARDC		309-734-1098	Website
Office of Community College Research and Leadership	OCCRL	occrl@illinois.edu	217-244-9390	Website
Orr Center		aces@illinois.edu		Website
Parallel Computing Institute	PCI	lukeo@illinois.edu	217-244-8422	Website
Personalized Nutrition Initiative		personalizednutrition@illinois.edu		Website
Physical Activity and Neurocognitive Health Laboratory	PNC Lab	pindus@illinois.edu	217-333-0581	Website
Plant Care Facility	PCF	rmetallo@illinois.edu	217-300-2069	Website
Prairie Research Institute	PRI	info@prairie.illinois.edu	217-333-5111	Website
Program in Arms Control and Domestic and International Security	ACDIS	acdis@illinois.edu	217-333-7086	Website
Rail Transportation and Engineering Center	RailTEC	RailTEC-Central@illinois.edu	217-300-1340	Website
Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center		afoltz@illinois.edu	217-333-4237	Website
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center	REEEC	reec@illinois.edu	217-333-1244	Website
Siebel Center for Design	SCD	designcenter@illinois.edu	217-300-9100	Website
Smart Energy Design Assistance Center	SEDAC	sedac-info@illinois.edu	800-214-7954	Website
Soybean Innovation Lab		soybeaninnovationlab@illinois.edu	217-300-8975	Website
Speech Accommodation to Acoustics	SpAA	pb81@illinois.edu	217-300-0327	Website
Speech Perception Laboratory		dfogerty@illinois.edu		Website
Sustainable Student Farm	SSF			Website
Sustainably Co-locating Agricultural and Photovoltaic Electricity Systems	SCAPES	sustainableag-queries@illinois.edu	217-333-4178	Website
Swine Research Center	SRC	gbressne@illinois.edu	217-244-3607	Website
Systems on Nanoscale Information fabriCs	SONIC	info@sonic-center.org	217-300-3156	Website
Technology Entrepreneur Center	TEC	tec@illinois.edu	217-244-3124	Website
The Autism Program of Illinois	TAP	theautismprogram@illinois.edu	1-217-244-1395	Website
The Center for Climate, Regional, Environmental, and Trade Economics	CREATE	dallerba@illinois.edu		Website

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