Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes
Independent research laboratories, centers, and institutes perform multidisciplinary research that extends beyond the scope of any one of the University's organized schools. Consult the links below for full information on these units.
Information on academic programs for undergraduates is provided by following the links on the right.
OFFICE OF VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF RESEARCH
Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Dean of the Independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes: Ann M. Arvin
Offices: 450 Serra Mall, Main Quadrangle, Building 60
Mail Code: 94305-2064
Office Phone: 650-723-8789
Office Fax: 650-723-0662
Web Site: http://stanford.edu/dept/DoR
The following independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes report to the Vice Provost and Dean of Research:
BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Bio-X, the interdisciplinary program related to bioengineering, biomedicine, and biosciences, http://biox.stanford.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Global Climate and Energy Project (G-CEP), http://gcep.stanford.edu
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, http://peec.stanford.edu
Woods Institute for the Environment, http://woods.stanford.edu
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), http://www.casbs.org
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), http://fsi.stanford.edu
- Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), http://cddrl.stanford.edu
- Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (CHP/PCOR), http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu
- Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) http://cisac.stanford.edu
- Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), http://aparc.stanford.edu
- Program on Food Security and the Environment, http://fse.stanford.edu
- Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE), http://fce.stanford.edu
- Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC), http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC
- Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD), http://pesd.stanford.edu
- Program on Global Justice (PGJ), http://globaljustice.stanford.edu
- Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN), http://www.law.stanford.edu/program/centers/scicn
- Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), http://spice.stanford.edu
- Human-Sciences and Technologies Advance Research Institute (H-STAR), http://hstar.stanford.edu
- Center for the Study of Language And Information (CSLI), http://www-csli.stanford.edu
- Media-X, http://mediax.stanford.edu
- Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), http://scil.stanford.edu
Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL), http://longevity.stanford.edu
Stanford Humanities Center, http://shc.stanford.edu
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), http://siepr.stanford.edu
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, http://stanford.edu/group/ginzton
Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM), http://stanford.edu/group/glam
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/kipac, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE), http://pulse.slac.stanford.edu, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), http://simes.slac.stanford.edu, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL), http://hepl.stanford.edu
CENTERS REPORTING TO THE DEAN OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES
Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, http://www.stanford.edu/group/CSSA
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS), http://iriss.stanford.edu
- Stanford Center for Population Research (SCPR) (web site in development)
- Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (CPI), http://iriss.stanford.edu/CPI
- Stanford Center for American Democracy (SCAD) (web site in development)
- Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS), http://pacscenter.stanford.edu
- Social Science History Program (SSHP), http://iriss.stanford.edu/sshp
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, http://gender.stanford.edu
Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, http://www.stanford.edu/group/morrinst
OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CENTERS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LABORATORIES, CENTERS, AND INSTITUTES
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, http://www.hoover.org
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), http://www.slac.stanford.edu
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL), http://ssrl.slac.stanford.edu