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URIC Acronym Key

Find a complete listing of University Research Institutes and Centers (URIC) websites here.

list of acronyms for University Research Institutes and Centers at Northwestern
CAPST Center for Applied Physics and Superconducting Technologies
CBES Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science
CCSS Center for Catalysis & Surface Science
CHiMaD Center for Hierarchical Materials Design
CIERA Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics
CLP Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
CMQT Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction
CRN Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine
CSB Center for Synthetic Biology
CSCB Center for Sleep & Circadian Biology
CSMI Convergence Science and Medicine Institute
CuBISM Computationally-Based Imaging of Structure in Materials
DevSci Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences
IIN International Institute for Nanotechnology
INQUIRE Initiative at Northwestern for Quantum Information Research and Engineering
IPR Institute for Policy Research
ISEN Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern
ISGMH Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing
ISITA Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa
MRC Materials Research Center
MRSEC Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
NAISE Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering
NCWR Northwestern Center for Water Research
NU-ACCESS NU-Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts
NUANCE NU Atomic & Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center
NUCATS NU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
NU-FERMI Northwestern Fermi Appt
PAS Program of African Studies
PCE Proteomics Center of Excellence
QSIB Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics
SHyNE Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental Resource
SILC Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
SiS Science in Society
SQI Simpson Querry Institute for Bionanotechnology
WCNO Ronald & JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology