Research centers
Centers, institutes, and shared resources
The University of Washington is known for its strategic, multidisciplinary research. Within our extensive network of Centers and Institutes, UW researchers, staff, and students work across disciplines to extend the boundaries of knowledge. Visit our Centers Administration page for information on establishing a center, adding or making a change to a center, or matching funds for centers.
Spotlight on Centers: KEMi – The Kren Engineering-Based Medicine Initiative
KEMi is an $83M philanthropic contribution establishing a joint institute between the College of Engineering and UW Medicine to promote collaborations between clinicians and engineers to transform the future of health and healthcare.
Find a center or institute
Value Sensitive Design Lab
Veterans Affairs VISN-20 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities
Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Washington Entrepreneurial Research, Evaluation, and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH)
Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR)
Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
Washington National Primate Research Center
Washington Sea Grant Program
Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC)
Washington State Twin Registry
West Coast Poverty Center
Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC)
William D. Ruckelshaus Center
Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Center
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Yeast Resource Center