Centers and Institutes
The Energy Transition Institute and its associated PhD program, Elevating Equity Values in the Transition of the Energy System (ELEVATE), are paving the way for a more environmentally sustainable and just energy system.
Research Centers and Institutes
As a part of the UMass Amherst community, you’ll have access to over 60 campus-based research centers and institutes covering disciplines and specialties that span the breadth of our academic fields. These centers and institutes are hubs for collaboration and innovation, where you can engage in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and graduate training that spans, combines, and builds on the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.
Learn more about how to get involved in research as an undergraduate.
Find information on administrative oversight and processes related to centers and institutes.
UMass Amherst’s Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation leverages the expertise of both nurses and engineers to develop real-world health care solutions.
The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research at UMass Amherst leads research to improve the nation’s ability to forecast, plan for, and respond to shifting climate and hazardous weather.
In close partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the UMass Transportation Center (UMTC) advances transportation mobility and safety through research, training, and workforce development.
In the UMass Amherst College of Education's Center for Educational Assessment, PhD and MEd students help develop student-centered tests, putting their classroom learning to work in the real world.
Explore All Centers and Institutes
Institute for Applied Life Sciences
- Center for Bioactive Delivery
- Center for Personalized Health Monitoring
- Models to Medicine Center
- Paul and Diane Manning Center for the Future of Food
Center for Community Health Equity Research (CCHER)
Center for Research on Families
Center for Neuroendocrine Studies
Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
Fergus M. Clydesdale Center for Foods
Institute for Global Health
Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (MassAITC)
New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
ARROW Center
Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Paros Center for Atmospheric Research
Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science
Center for Resilient Metro-Regions
Energy Transition Institute
Family Forest Research Center
Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
UMass Transportation Center
Water and Energy Technology (WET) Center
Water Resources Research Center
Wind Energy Center
WINSSS: National Center for Innovative Small Drinking Water Systems
Center for Economic Development
Center for Education Policy
Center for Educational Assessment
Center for Employment Equity
Center for International Education
Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets
Center for Justice, Law, and Societies
Center for Youth Engagement
Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation
Center for Student Success Research
Institute for Social Science Research
Institute of Diversity Sciences
Language Acquisition Research Center
Political Economy Research Institute
National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution
Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Center for the Study of African American Language
Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research
McCormack Center for Sport Research and Education
Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies Institute
W.E.B. Du Bois Center
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