Research Centers and Organizations
SIUC has a number of research centers and institutes, some of which are housed in the individual colleges and some of which are housed in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. In addition, we belong to various research consortia, and several national and international research organizations are headquartered here. Also see our list of Research Support Facilities.
Centers and Institutes
- Center for Advanced Friction Studies
- Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (Springfield)
- Center for Archaeological Investigations
- Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Center for Delta Studies
- Center for Dewey Studies
- Center for Ecology
- Center for Health Law and Policy
- Center for Integrated Research in Cognitive and Neural Sciences
- Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development
- Center for Workforce Development
- Coal Research Center
- Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
- Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center
- Global Media Research Center
- Illinois Soybean Center
- Materials Technology Center
- Meyers Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Middle Mississippi Wetland Research Field Station
- Partnership for Innovation Center
- Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
- Pontikes Center for Management of Information
- Safety Center
- SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute (Springfield)
- Special Collections Research Center
Research Consortia Memberships
- BioBelt (a coalition for plant and life sciences)
- Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- Organization for Tropical Studies
- Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
External Research Organizations Based at SIUC
Research Technology Development
- Southern Illinois Research Park
- Technology Transfer services through ORDA
