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 (updated August 2023).

Center or Institute Name	Governance
Center for Research on Inequality and Health	College of Arts & Science; School of Nursing
Center for Innovative Technology	College of Arts & Science
Center for Languages	College of Arts & Science
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies	College of Arts & Science
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI)	College of Arts & Science
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)	College of Arts & Science
Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities	College of Arts & Science
Rogers Center for the American Presidency	College of Arts & Science
W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies	College of Arts & Science
Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation	Law School
Center for Entrepreneurship	Owen Graduate School of Management
Center for Healthcare Market Innovation	Owen Graduate School of Management
Financial Markets Research Center	Owen Graduate School of Management
Turner Family Center for Social Ventures	Owen Graduate School of Management
Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach (CSEO)	Peabody College
Initiative for Race Research and Justice	Peabody College
IRIS Center	Peabody College
Learning Incubator: A Vanderbilt Endeavor (LIVE)	Peabody College
Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research (PEER)	Peabody College
National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention	Peabody College
Next Steps at Vanderbilt University	Peabody College
Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Lab	Peabody College
School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt	Peabody College
Susan Gray School	Peabody College
Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA)	Peabody College
Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth	Peabody College
Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE)	Provost Office
The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute	Provost Office
Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE)	Provost Office
Wond'ry	Provost Office
Center for Environmental Management Studies	School of Engineering
Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology	School of Engineering
Institute for Software Integrated Systems	School of Engineering
Institute for Space and Defense Electronics	School of Engineering
The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center (VBC)	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR)	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology (V-CoM)	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE)	School of Engineering
Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (ViSE)	School of Engineering
Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Center for Structural Biology (CSB)	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Mass Spectrometry Research Center	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Brain Institute	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Vanderbilt Quantitative Systems Biology Center	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery	School of Medicine-Basic Sciences
Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Studies	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Brock Family Center For Applied Innovation	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Asthma Research	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 Drug Safety and Immunology	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 Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer (CMIC)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)	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
Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Center for AIDS Research	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Breast Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics	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 Knowledge Management (CKM)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Center for Matrix Biology (VCMB)	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 (CRISS)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center (VDDRC)	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 Heart and Vascular Institute	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Hypertension Center of Excellence	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)	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 (VKC)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer's Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt O’Brien Kidney Center (VOKC)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Sleep Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)	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 Vasculitis Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC)	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center