In 2023, UC Riverside joined the Association of American Universities (AAU) – an organization comprised of the nation’s leading research universities. This honor comes after decades of continuous commitment to excellence in research and education.
Our renowned centers and facilities are designed to accelerate bold ideas and empower a transformative future. At UCR, our students receive hands-on experience to confidently explore solutions and test the limits of innovation. Ranked among the top 1.3% of universities worldwide, according to the Center for World University Rankings, we can continue to be at the forefront of groundbreaking research that will make an impact on the community and beyond.
Researchers should review the policy document for guidelines on creating new centers and the procedures for reviewing or disestablishing existing units.
Research Centers at UCR
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College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Name Website California Center for Native Nations ccnn.ucr.edu Center for Ideas and Society ideasandsociety.ucr.edu Center for Iberian and Latin American Music cilam.ucr.edu Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies yokcenter.ucr.edu Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center latinamericanstudies.ucr.edu Center for Labor Studies ielcc.ucr.edu -
College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
Name Website Interdisciplinary Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology icqmb.ucr.edu Center for Infectious Disease and Vector Research cdvr.ucr.edu Alternative Earths Astrobiology Center astrobiology.ucr.edu Center for Conservation Biology ccb.ucr.edu Environmental Dynamics and GeoEcology Institute (EDGE) edge.ucr.edu Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) cepceb.ucr.edu Center for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) ciber.ucr.edu Stem Cell Center and Core Facility iestemcells.ucr.edu -
Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
Name Website Center for Superconductive Quantum Electronics (SCQE) Center of Innovative Materials for Energy and Environment (UC-KIMS) mse.ucr.edu/research/biomaterial Data Science Center datascience.ucr.edu Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) cert.ucr.edu Center for Industrial Biotechnology (CIB) cib.ucr.edu Center for Networked Configurable Command, Control and Communications (NC4) nc4.ucr.edu Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS) cris.ucr.edu Center for Research and Education in Cyber Security and Privacy (CRESP) cresp.cs.ucr.edu Energy, Economics and Environment (E3) e3.ucr.edu Winston Chung Global Energy Center (WCGEC) wcgec.ucr.edu -
School of Education
Name Website Center for Strategic & Inclusive Governance (CSIG) strategicinclusivegovernance.org -
School of Medicine
Name Website Center For Glial-Neuronal Interactions cgni.ucr.edu Center for Cannabinoid Research cannabinoid.ucr.edu Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine (MolMed) molmed.ucr.edu Center for RNA Biology and Medicine rna.ucr.edu Community Responsive and Engaged Equity Research (CREER) in Mental Health Center Center for Healthy Communities smpph.ucr.edu -
School of Public Policy
Name Website Center for Community Solutions icsd.ucr.edu Center of Crime and Justice Studies presleycenter.ucr.edu Center for Geospatial Sciences spatial.ucr.edu