All Vanderbilt Centers and Institutes

Vanderbilt is home to more than 85 centers and institutes that work to tackle major challenges and meet important societal needs by bringing together faculty from a broad range of disciplines and producing cutting edge research. A center or institute is generally defined as a unit of the university engaged in combined aspects of research, scholarship, instruction, outreach or related service. Most commonly, a center or institute will have a substantial research/scholarship component to its mission, and also may have affiliated education programs. Visit Establishment and Oversight of Centers and Institutes at Vanderbilt for more information.

Find out more about Vanderbilt centers and institutes by exploring the list below.

Center or Institute Name	Governance
Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE)	Provost Office
Center for Constructive Approximation	College of Arts & Science
Center for Entrepreneurship	Owen Graduate School of Management
Center for Environmental Management Studies	School of Engineering
Center for Healthcare Market Innovation	Owen Graduate School of Management
Center for Innovative Technology	College of Arts & Science
Center for Intelligent Mechatronics & Biomechanics and Assistive Technology Laboratory	School of Engineering
Center for Latin American Studies	College of Arts & Science
Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Center for Noncommutative Geometry & Operator Algebras	College of Arts & Science
Center for Science Outreach (CSO)	Peabody College
Center for Structural Biology	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Center for the Digital Humanities	College of Arts & Science
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions	College of Arts & Science
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFEL)	Peabody College
Financial Markets Research Center	Owen Graduate School of Management
Institute for Software Integrated Systems	School of Engineering
Institute for Space and Defense Electronics	School of Engineering
IRIS Center	Peabody College
Mass Spectrometry Research Center	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Center (MuMS)	School of Engineering
National Center on Performance Incentives	Peabody College
National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools	Peabody College
National Center on School Choice	Peabody College
Peabody Research Institute	Peabody College
Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities	College of Arts & Science
The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy	Provost Office
The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation	School of Engineering
Turner Family Center for Social Ventures	Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center (VBC)	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Brain Institute	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR)	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE)	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (ViSE)	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE)	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Quantitative Systems Biology Center	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies	College of Arts & Science
Wond'ry	Provost Office
Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Studies	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Bone Biology	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Cognitive Medicine	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Health Services Research	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Matrix Biology	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Clinical Research Center (Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Digestive Disease Research Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Epithelial Biology Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Institute for Medicine and Public Health	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John A. Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lamb Center for Pediatric Research	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Skin Diseases Research Core Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Breast Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Center for AIDS Research	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Child Development	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Knowledge Management	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Precision Medicine	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Space Physiology and Medicine	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Clinical Trials Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Eye Institute	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt George O’Brien Renal Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Heart Institute	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Sleep Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Transplant Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Tuberculosis Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Vision Research Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences