Centers & Institutes
The IIN is an umbrella organization that brings together all of the nanoscale research and education centers, institutes, and programs across Northwestern’s campuses as well as ones in the greater Chicagoland area and around the world. Below is a list of current partnering Centers & Institutes.
Headquartered at Northwestern University
- Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)
- Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)
- Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
- Center for Synthetic Biology
- Chemistry of Life Processes Institute (CLP)
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Bioprogrammable Nanomaterials (C-ABN) (concluding June 7, 2021)
- Convergence Science & Medicine Institute (CSMI)
- Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN)
- Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
- Nanotechnology for Universal Clean Air & Water Security (NU-CAWS)
- Northwestern University-Argonne National Laboratory Institute of Science & Engineering (NAISE)
- Northwestern University Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (NU-CCNE) (concluding July 31, 2021)
- Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences (NUCATS)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (RHLCCC)
- Ronald and JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology
- Science in Society
- Simpson Querrey Center for Neurogenetics
- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine
- Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental Resource (SHyNE)