Whether through charitable contributions or a contractual research arrangement, an investment in research at Carnegie Mellon is an investment in the future. For further information on sponsoring research, please contact the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Research Centers housed at Carnegie Mellon are interdisciplinary partnerships between academia, industry, and government.
Centers bring together expertise from many diverse disciplines into a single laboratory environment.
They are searchable by keyword, listed by the department in which they are housed, and there is also a complete alphabetical listing of Research Centers. Links are provided to the homepages of the particular centers. The Research Directory provides information on faculty and their research interests in each of Carnegie Mellon's academic departments, research institutes, and research centers. The Office of Sponsored Research is responsible for administering sponsored research contracts and grants. The Office of Technology Transfer aims to assist and lead the successful commercialization of ideas created at Carnegie Mellon, through licensing and by facilitating the start-up of new companies.