Centers and Institutes [1]
UMass Amherst is home to over 60 campus-based research centers and institutes spanning a wide array of disciplines and specialties within and across campus. Research and Engagement supports and assists in the development and management of centers and institutes from preliminary stages through Faculty Senate approval. It also carries out regular reviews and reporting as required by applicable university policy [2].
To request interim or permanent approval, see the box at right. To better understand the process, see the Interim Approval Flowchart [3] (pdf) or the Permanent Status Flowchart [4] (pdf). Note: It is strongly recommended that initial work on a center or institute proposal be done to develop a sustainable financial model prior to seeking interim approval.
UMass Amherst research strengths align with national, state, and regional priorities including advanced materials and manufacturing; applied life sciences and health; data science and computational science; cognitive science; the arts and creative economy; energy, climate science, and sustainability; and equity and inclusion.
Centers and Institutes are listed alphabetically below. For a list that shows their alignment with thematic areas see: Centers & Institutes grouped by strategic area [5].
Research Centers and Institutes
- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions [6]
- Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship [7]
- Biostatistics Consulting Center [8]
- Center for Agricultural, Food, and the Environment [9]
- Center for Applied Mathematics and Computation [10]
- Center for Autonomous Materials [11]
- Center for Biological Physics [12]
- Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere [13]
- Center for Community Health Equity Research (CCHER) [14]
- Center for Data Science [15] [16]
- Center for Economic Development [17]
- Center for e-Design [18]
- Center for Educational Assessment [19]
- Center for Education Policy [20]
- Center for Employment Equity [21]
- Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy [22]
- Center for Evolutionary Materials [23]
- Center for Heritage and Society [24]
- Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing [25] [25]
- Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval [26]
- Center for International Education [27]
- Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets [28]
- Center for Knowledge Communication [29]
- Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies [30]
- Center for Measuring University Perfomance [31]
- Center for Neuroendocrine Studies [32]
- Center for Research and Education in Women's Health [33]
- Center for Research on Families [34]
- Center for Resilient Metro-regions [35]
- Center for Student Success Research [36]
- Center for the Study of African American Language [37]
- Center for Youth Engagement [38]
- Climate System Research Center [39]
- Computational Social Science Institute [40]
- Cybersecurity Institute [41]
- Family Forest Research Center [42]
- Fergus M. Clydesdale Center for Foods, Health, and Wellness [43]
- Institute for Applied Life Sciences [44]
- Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies [48]
- Institute for Social Science Research [49]
- Institute of Diversity Sciences [50]
- Interdisciplinary Studies Institute [51]
- Language Acquisition Research Center [52]
- Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies [53]
- MassNanoTech Institute [54]
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center [55]
- McCormack Center for Sport Research and Education [56]
- National Center for Digital Government [57]
- National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution [58]
- Northeast Climate Science Center [59]
- Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center [33]
- Political Economy Research Institute [60]
- Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research [61]
- The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research (TIMBR) [62]
- Umanage [63]
- UMass Transportation Center [64]
- Virtual Center for Supernetworks [65]
- Water Resources Research Center [66]
- W.E.B. Du Bois Center [67]
- Wind Energy Center [68]
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WinSSS: National Center for Innovative Small Drinking Water Systems [69]
Service Centers and Institutes
- Arts Extension Service [70]
- Center for Educational Software Development [71]
- Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing [72]
- Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success [73]
- Center for Student Business [74]
- Center for UMass – Industry Research on Polymers [75]
- Center for Women and Community [76]
- Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development [77]
- Labor Center [78]
- Mass Small Business Development Center Network [79]
- Psychological Services Center [80]
- Springfield Design Center [81]
- STEM Education Institute [82]
- Stonewall Center [83]
- Translation Center [84]
- UMass Innovation Institute [85]
- UMass Writing Center [86]