Our interdisciplinary institutes are a primary driver of cross-departmental collaboration. Research teams reach across traditional boundaries to address vital scientific questions and pressing societal needs. Each institute is home to multiple centers that engage in specific research goals.
Our researchers have access to an astounding array of cutting-edge instrumentation in our many facilities open to the Penn State research community.
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences promotes excellence in interdisciplinary life science research and education at Penn State. We bring together scientists with different areas of expertise in order to push the boundaries on the biggest challenges of our time.
The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences is one of seven interdisciplinary research institutes within Penn State’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research. ICDS brings researchers together to develop and apply innovative, high performance computation methods.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment aim to advance the energy and environmental research missions of the University. We connect interdisciplinary teams of researchers to solve some of the world’s most difficult energy and environmental challenges.
The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (IGC) is a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to the study of the most fundamental structure and constituents of the Universe. The mission of IGC is to foster the highest quality education and research in cosmology, general relativity, gravitational wave astronomy, particle astrophysics, quantum gravity and string theory, focusing on the highest energy phenomena and fundamental issues in the science of the cosmos.
The mission of the Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics is to promote collaborative research among the faculty and graduate students from various departments such as the Departments of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Anthropology, Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Animal Science.
The Materials Research Institute is a catalyst for multidisciplinary education and innovations in materials. Our integrated research laboratories turn concepts into prototypes, allowing scientists to easily move through the material development cycle.
