Research centers and institutes.

The University of Michigan's many institutes and centers offer entry points to companies that can benefit by collaborating with faculty and students on interdisciplinary research or action-based learning projects. Institutes and centers also provide in-depth information and analyses on issues impacting business organizations.

Below is a list of U-M institutes and centers by discipline.

Behavioral, Social & Natural Sciences

• Center for the Study of Complex Systems
• Frontiers in Optical Coherent and Ultrafast Science (FOCUS)
• Institute for Social Research
• Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute

Environment, Energy, and Sustainability

• Biological Station
• Center for Sustainable Systems
• Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
• Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
• Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute

General Management

• Center for Innovation Research- iLabs
• Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
• Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance
• Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy
  
• Nonprofit and Public Management Center
• Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

Health Care

• Bone & Joint Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation Center
• Center for Motor Behavior and Pediatric Disabilities
• Health Management Research Center
• Human Neuromechanics Lab
• Life Sciences Institute
• Medical Innovation Center
• Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
• Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences
• Motor Control Laboratory
• Risk Science Center

Information Technology

• Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory
• Center for Information Technology Integration
• Collaboratory for Research and Electronic Work (CREW)

Operations/Engineering

• Center for Ergonomics
• Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing
• Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems
• Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing
• Ground Robotics Research Center
• Henry W. Patton Center for Engineering Education and Practice
• Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center
• S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center
• Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Transportation

• Automotive Research Center
• Center for Lightweight Automotive Materials and Processing
• Connected Vehicle Proving Center
• Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems
• University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
• W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory

Other Resources

• Michigan Engineering Directory
• University Research Corridor
• Center for Integrative Genomics