Centers & Institutes
UConn’s centers and institutes advance research, scholarship, and creative activity across disciplines. Spanning fields from health and life sciences to public policy, engineering, and the humanities, they foster collaboration, attract external funding, and extend the University’s impact throughout Connecticut and beyond.
Centers and Institutes in the News
Our centers and institutes advance the university’s mission and strategic priorities. Here are three exemplars.
Biomedical & Life Sciences
Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC)
Center for Biomedical and Bioengineering Innovation (CBBI)
Center for Genome Innovation (CGI)
Center for Vascular Biology (CVB)
Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research (CEVR)
Institute for Systems Genomics (ISG)
Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Science (IBACS)
Kildsig Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research (CPPR)
Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering
Business, Economics, Policy, & Law
Center for Real Estate Urban Economic Studies
Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR)
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI)
Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research
UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health
Engineering, Computing & Advanced Manufacturing
Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust (CHEST)
Center for Materials Processing Data (CMPD)
Center for Science of Heterogeneous Additive Printing of 3D Materials (SHAP3D)
Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR)
Collins Aerospace Center for Advanced Materials
Comcast Center for Security Innovation (CSI)
Connecticut Advanced Computing Center (CACC)
Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technology (CCAST)
Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI)
Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC)
Digital Design Research, Analysis and Manufacturing Center (D2REAM)
Eversource Energy Center (EEC)
Institute for Systems Genomics (ISG)
Krenicki Arts and Engineering Institute
National Institute of Underwater Vehicle Technology (NIUVT)
Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)
Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (PW IASE)
Reverse Engineering Fabrication Inspection & Non-Destructive Evaluation (REFINE)
Synchrony Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity
UConn DENSsolutions Center for IN-siTu/Operando Electron Microscopy (InToEM)
Environment, Energy & Sustainability
Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2)
Center for Energy and Environmental Law
Center for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)
Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR)
Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation (CIRCA)
Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
Health
Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Center for mHealth & Social Media
Center for the Study of Culture, Health and Human Development (CHHD)
Connecticut Comprehensive Pain Center
Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Prevention (InCHIP)
International Center for Life Story Innovations and Practice (ICLIP)
Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center
Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
UConn Health Disparities Institute
Human Development & Cognitive Sciences
Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC)
Center for Applied Research in Human Development (CARHD)
Center for the Ecological Study of Perception & Action (CESPA)
Center for the Study of Culture, Health and Human Development (CHHD)
Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Science (IBACS)
The Ronald and Nancy Rohner Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection