Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes

In this section:

Independent research laboratories, centers, and institutes perform multidisciplinary research that extends beyond the scope of any one of the University's organized schools. Consult the links below for full information on these units.

Information on academic programs for undergraduates is provided by following the links on the right.

OFFICE OF VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF RESEARCH

Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Dean of the Independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes: Ann M. Arvin

Offices: 450 Serra Mall, Main Quadrangle, Building 60

Mail Code: 94305-2064

Office Phone: 650-723-8789

Office Fax: 650-723-0662

Web Site: http://stanford.edu/dept/DoR

The following independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes report to the Vice Provost and Dean of Research:

BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

Bio-X, the interdisciplinary program related to bioengineering, biomedicine, and biosciences, http://biox.stanford.edu

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Global Climate and Energy Project (G-CEP), http://gcep.stanford.edu

Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, http://peec.stanford.edu

Woods Institute for the Environment, http://woods.stanford.edu

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), http://www.casbs.org

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), http://fsi.stanford.edu

Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), http://cddrl.stanford.edu
Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (CHP/PCOR), http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu
Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) http://cisac.stanford.edu
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), http://aparc.stanford.edu
Program on Food Security and the Environment, http://fse.stanford.edu
Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE), http://fce.stanford.edu
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC), http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD), http://pesd.stanford.edu
Program on Global Justice (PGJ), http://globaljustice.stanford.edu
Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN), http://www.law.stanford.edu/program/centers/scicn
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), http://spice.stanford.edu
Human-Sciences and Technologies Advance Research Institute (H-STAR), http://hstar.stanford.edu
Center for the Study of Language And Information (CSLI), http://www-csli.stanford.edu
Media-X, http://mediax.stanford.edu
Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), http://scil.stanford.edu

Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL), http://longevity.stanford.edu

Stanford Humanities Center, http://shc.stanford.edu

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), http://siepr.stanford.edu

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, http://stanford.edu/group/ginzton

Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM), http://stanford.edu/group/glam

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/kipac, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE), http://pulse.slac.stanford.edu, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), http://simes.slac.stanford.edu, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL), http://hepl.stanford.edu

CENTERS REPORTING TO THE DEAN OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES

Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, http://www.stanford.edu/group/CSSA

Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS), http://iriss.stanford.edu

Stanford Center for Population Research (SCPR) (web site in development)
Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (CPI), http://iriss.stanford.edu/CPI
Stanford Center for American Democracy (SCAD) (web site in development)
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS), http://pacscenter.stanford.edu
Social Science History Program (SSHP), http://iriss.stanford.edu/sshp

Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, http://gender.stanford.edu

Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, http://www.stanford.edu/group/morrinst

OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CENTERS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LABORATORIES, CENTERS, AND INSTITUTES

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, http://www.hoover.org

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), http://www.slac.stanford.edu

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL), http://ssrl.slac.stanford.edu

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