Centers & Research Programs
Princeton’s many institutes, centers and research programs work across traditional academic boundaries to promote research and teaching that is interdisciplinary, collaborative and groundbreaking.
Explore the initiatives that keep Princeton at the forefront of knowledge and research:
Natural Sciences
National Laboratories
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Life Science
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Environmental & Earth Science
Princeton Environmental Institute
Carbon Mitigation Initiative
Center for Biocomplexity
Center for Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry
Cooperative Institute for Climate Science and Princeton Climate Center
The Energy Group
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Physics
Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics
Materials Science
Imaging and Analysis Center
Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Mathematics & Computational Science
Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering
Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Program in Integrative Information, Computer, and Application Sciences
Psychology & Neuroscience
Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Engineering & Applied Science
Bendheim Center for Finance
Center for Information Technology Policy
Council on Science and Technology
Princeton Center for Complex Materials
Princeton Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering
Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Program in Integrative Information, Computer, and Application Sciences
Social Sciences
Economics & Finance
Bendheim Center for Finance
Center for Economic Policy Studies
Chow Econometric Research Section
Industrial Relations Section
International Economics Section
Princeton Laboratory for Experimental Social Science
Education
Education Research Section
Ethics & Society
University Center for Human Values
Health & Wellbeing
Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Center for Health and Wellbeing
Center for Health Care Strategies
Historical Studies
Center for the Study of Books and Media
Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies
International Affairs
Center for Globalization and Governance
Center for Migration and Development
Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Research Program in Development Studies
Politics & Public Affairs
Bobst Center for Peace and Justice
Center for African American Studies
Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies
Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
Policy Research Institute for the Region
Princeton Laboratory for Experimental Social Science
Program in Law and Public Affairs
Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Population & Statistical Research
Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Center for Migration and Development
Office of Population Research
Survey Research Center
Science & Society
Center for Information Technology Policy
Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Program on Science and Global Security
Humanities
Fine Arts & Culture
Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies
Index of Christian Art
Lewis Center for the Arts
Princeton University Art Museum
Tang Center for East Asian Art
Liberal Arts
Center for African American Studies
Committee for the Fund for Irish Studies
Committee for the Fund on Canadian Studies
Council of the Humanities
Princeton University Library
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Linguistics
East Asian Linguistics Project
Philosophy & Religion
Center for the Study of Religion
University Center for Human Values