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Research Institutes
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Find institutes, shared instrumentation and more.

Interdisciplinary Research Institutes


The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

Penn State Cancer Institute

Materials Research Institute

The Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment

The Social Science Research Institute

Shared Core Facilities

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Penn State's interdisciplinary research institutes, listed below, operate a portfolio of world-class research instrumentation, services and consulting that are available to internal and external users. 

List of laboratories with shared core facilities

Search for shared instruments and services

In addition to browsing the interdisciplinary research institutes below, internal and external users can search the facilities and research instrumentation available for use at pure.psu.edu*.

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For most inclusive search results, search by free text, and use both types of instruments and methodologies. For example, search both "microscope" and "microscopy," or "mass spectrometer" and "mass spectrometry."

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*This database of core facilties is in development, with the majority of shared facilities entered as of 9/1/2018. Completion is expected in the summer of 2018. If you have a new shared research facility (with approved external rates) and would like to include the instrument or service in the database, please email osvpr@psu.edu

 

Additional Advanced Research Facilities


Applied Research Laboratory

Electro-Optics Center

Institute for Manufacturing & Sustainment Technologies (iMAST)

Penn State College of Medicine

The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute

Animal Diagnostic Lab

Animal Resource Program

Biomarker Core Lab

 

Innovation Gateway is designed to connect Penn State researchers to the technical challenges and needs of industry. This framework was created by Penn State and has resulted in efficient and successful research partnerships across the University. Industry partners are able to capture a variety of proposals from world-class experts, and researchers are able to quickly translate their work from idea to impact.

Click here for an overview of Innovation Gateway process (PDF) for researchers and companies. Penn State researchers may view current opportunities at innovation.psu.edu.

Penn State's more than 700 industrial research partnerships are supported by a streamlined intellecutal property (IP) policy. To learn more about IP at Penn State, contact the Office of Industrial Partnerships at researchpartnerships.psu.edu.

Libraries


 

Photo: Barbara Hackman Franklin Atrium, Pattee Library. Image: Wilson Hutton

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Investment Index listed the Penn State University Libraries among the top 10 in North America, and second among U.S. public university research libraries. The index provides a yearly snapshot of the size of each research library's collections and its capacity to provide services to students, faculty and staff, as well as to visiting researchers. The University Libraries consistently rank among the top 10 among more than 110 peer institutions’ libraries surveyed.

Corporate Research Centers


 

Building 310 at Innovation Park.

Need direct access to the research capabilities at Penn State? Companies like Morgan Advanced Materials, RJ Lee, and others are choosing to build their business directly in the heart of Materials Valley. The University's centers of excellence place companies directly in an environment designed to accelerate innovations - whether it's a smaller flexible working space, or a brand-new 30,000 sqft reasearch facility, Penn State has the means help you develop your own research capabilities locally.

Click here to read more about Penn State's recent corporate partnerships, or to contact the Office of Industrial Partnerships to speak with an expert who can help you leverage our world class capabilities to find solutions for your business or organization.