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Institutes and Centers

University Research Institutes and Centers (URICs) are a hallmark of Northwestern’s world-class research enterprise. Bridging disciplines across school boundaries, URICs are knowledge hubs that spur high-impact, collaborative discovery with great social benefit. Numbering more than 50, Northwestern’s URICs continue to drive research innovation across domains as varied as nanotechnology; the biological sciences; energy and sustainability; policy; and more.

List of University Research Institutes and Centers

University Institutes and Centers Acronym Key

University Institutes and Centers Management Staff

URICs Life Cycle