Gifts and endowments to research centers and institutes allow Northwestern faculty members to come together across disciplines to work on topics of common interest. Northwestern is unique among universities in the abundance and degree of professionalism of our centers and institutes, which are valued as vibrant hubs of information and conduits to broad-reaching networks. These networks link faculty to other members of the academic community in Chicago and across the world, the private sector, and the media, allowing researchers to maximize the impact of their work.

Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies
Center for Talent Development (CTD)
Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL)
Center for Learning and Organizational Change
Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)
Institute for Environmental Catalysis (IEC)
Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology (DDCB)
Center for Functional Genomics (CFG)
Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS)
Center for Reproductive Science (CRS)
Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology (CSCB)
Center for Technology Innovation Management
Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM)
Institute for Nanotechnology
Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly
Center for Transportation Nanotechnology
Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center
Institute for Neuroscience (NUIN)
Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
International Institute for Nanotechnology
Materials Research Center (MRC)
Materials Research Institute
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems
Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Synchrotron Research Center

Give online or contact Matt Ter Molen, associate vice president of Alumni Relations and Development, at m-termolen@northwestern.edu or (847) 491-3397 to find out more about how you can support a Northwestern Centers and Institutes.