Centers & Institutes
Whether they support research, public service, education or other key areas of focus, Iowa State University is home to numerous centers and institutes that are dedicated to building partnerships and proactively seeking innovative solutions that improve lives in Iowa, the nation, and the world. We invite you to browse this list of State Board of Regent-attributed centers.
This list is not intended to be exhaustive; additional resources can be found within college and department websites.
- Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)
- Beginning Farmer Center (BFC)
- Bioeconomy Institute (BEI)
- Biotechnology Outreach Education Center (BOEC)
- Bridge Engineering Center (BEC)
- Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics (CCCC)
- Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation (CALT)
- Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)
- Center for Bioplastics/Biocomposites (CB2)
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC)
- Center for Building Energy Research (CBER)
- Center for Crops Utilization Research (CCUR)
- Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach (CyIO)
- Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)
- Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (CEAH)
- Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH)
- Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)
- Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE)
- Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE)
- Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE)
- Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology (CSSM)
- Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL)
- Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching (CTLT)
- Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE)
- Center for Weather Impacts on Mobility and Safety (CWIMS)
- Center for Wireless Communities and Innovation (WiCI)
- Critical Materials Institute (CMI)
- Crop Bioengineering Center (CBC)
- Egg Industry Center
- Electric Power Research Center (EPRC)
- Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO)
- Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB)
- Institute for Transportation (InTrans)
- Iowa Beef Center (IBC)
- Iowa Grain Quality Initiative (IGQI)
- Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC)
- Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC)
- Iowa Soybean Research Center (ISRC)
- Iowa Water Center (IWC)
- ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
- Laurence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics (CBBS)
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (LCSA)
- Microelectronics Research Center (MRC)
- Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute (MGWII)
- Midwest Transportation Center (MTC)
- Nanovaccine Institute (NI)
- National Center for Wood Transportation Structures (NCWTS)
- National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center)
- National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education (NIAMRRE)
- North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC)
- Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute (PPSI)
- Plant Sciences Institute (PSI)
- Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding (RFBCPB)
- Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE)
- Seed Science Center (SSC)
- Small Business Development Center (SMDC)
- Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC)
- Translational AI Research and Education Center (TrAC)
- Visualize.Reason.Analyze.Collaborate (VRAC)