Centers and Institutes
The image of a lone scientist—a Sir Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, or Albert Einstein—working deep into the night on a weighty problem holds a romantic appeal for many, especially those in the entertainment industry. The reality is the lone scientist is mostly science fiction, as breakthrough scientific discoveries are rarely the accomplishment of a single individual.
Uncovering universal truths takes the collaborative efforts of scientists located across the globe and across disciplines. In short, it takes a scientific community, a team committed to working as one in service to the common good. The University of Notre Dame’s College of Science is part of more than 20 centers and institutes, each dedicated to the collaborative research necessary to answer age-old questions and address today’s complex problems.
Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health
The Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health at Notre Dame seeks to prevent and treat disease, promote wellness, and reduce health disparities by developing new tools to understand human variability at the molecular and cellular levels.
Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare Diseases
The Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare Diseases exists to promote and support research and education in basic, translational, and clinical work on rare diseases at Notre Dame.
Center for Astrophysics
The Center for Astrophysics has been created to provide a collaborative environment for the University's many diverse activities in theoretical astrophysics, observational astronomy, and astrophysics projects.
Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis
The Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis (C-CAS) uses quantitative, data-driven approaches to make synthetic chemistry more predictable.
Center for Environmental Science and Technology
The Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) fosters interdisciplinary environmental research and education by providing cutting-edge analytical technologies needed to address national and international problems.
Center for Health Sciences Advising
The Center for Health Sciences Advising provides advising for Notre Dame students in any major or college who are planning to enter a health profession.
Center for Mathematics
The purpose of the Center for Mathematics at Notre Dame is to promote and stimulate mathematical research; to communicate the power, beauty, and ubiquity of mathematics; and to provide growth opportunities to students dedicated to mathematics.
Center for Nano Science and Technology
The Center for Nano Science and Technology explores new device concepts and associated circuit architectures which are enabled by novel phenomena on the nanometer scale.
Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Advancing research & scholarship in the stem cell field while staying committed to a deep-rooted Catholic identity.
Center for Zebrafish Research
The Center for Zebrafish Research is one of the largest single zebrafish centers in the nation.
DNA Learning Center
The Notre Dame DNA Learning Center was dedicated in September 2013 and is a hands-on science center devoted to modern biology education that prepares local K-12 students to thrive in the gene age.
Eck Institute for Global Health
A university-wide enterprise that recognizes health as a fundamental human right and endeavors to promote research, training, and service to advance health standards for all people
Environmental Change Initiative
The Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative (ND–ECI) will tackle the interrelated problems of invasive species, land use, and climate change, focusing on their synergistic impacts on water resources.
Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute
The mission of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute is to determine the effects of nano- and micro-particles (e.g., bacteria, natural organic matter, and mineral aggregates) on contaminant transport in geologic systems.
Freimann Life Science Center
This center maintains, under tightly controlled conditions, the laboratory animals critical to University research projects in the life sciences.
Harper Cancer Research Institute
The Harper Cancer Research Institute is a collaboration between the University of Notre Dame and the Indiana School of Medicine in South Bend that investigates many of the Hallmarks of Cancer to gain a molecular-level understanding of these processes
Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine
The Hillebrand Center at Notre Dame works to restore the spirit of compassion in healthcare by advancing the application of the science of compassion at every level of medical training and practice to transform clinician well-being and patient care.
Institute for Structure & Nuclear Astrophysics
This is one of three medium-scale accelerator laboratories in the United States funded by the NSF to perform research in a wide spectrum of areas that overlap with most of the highest-priority scientific objectives in modern nuclear physics.
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
An NSF Physics Frontier Center, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA) is a collaborative research institute involving Notre Dame, Michigan State, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and others
Lucy Family Institute for Data & Science
The Center for Network and Data Science is an interdisciplinary research center organized around network science problems in social, biological, biochemical, physical, environmental, financial, organizational, technical, and defense systems.
Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory
To enhance knowledge, understanding, and utilization of the effects of ionizing radiation on chemical systems
QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame
The QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame is a national model for involving high school teachers and students in high-energy physics projects.
Stavropoulos Center for Complex Quantum Matter
The Stavropoulos Center for Complex Quantum Matter is established to gather the leading scientists together to cooperate in a state-of-the art research in solid-state quantum sciences.
Warren Center for Drug Discovery
With generous support of the William K. Warren Foundation, this is a premier drug discovery and development center.