WVU Research Centers and Initiatives

Research activity at West Virginia University covers a wide range of expertise. The University’s pool of talented researchers have varied interests as evidenced by this list of research centers, institutes and initiatives where experts are hard at work. Each link leads to an interesting story. The lists here also contain link to research sections in corresponding schools. Each link below displays centers related to that subject

A categorized printer friendly alphabetical listing of all the centers.

Agriculture, Environment Agriculture, Ecology Appalachian Hardwood Center Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center National Environmental Services Center West Virginia Water Research Institute Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design Davis College - Environmental Research Center Davis College - Forestry and Natural Resources Plant and Soil Sciences	Business & Economics Business Bureau of Business and Economic Research Center for Chinese Business College of Business & Economics Working Papers Forensics Business Studies Regional Research Institute	Engineering Engineering Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines, and Emissions (CAFEE) Center for Industrial Research Applications Constructed Facilities Centers Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust Harley O. Staggers National Transportation Center Microelectronic Systems Research Center CEMR Research
Arts & Education Arts & Education Center for Black Culture and Research Center for Writing Excellence Institute for Public Affairs Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archeology Foreign Languages & Culture Learning Resource Center Human Resources & Education Global Relations & Government History Law & Ethics	Community, Extension Services Community Extension Services Burgess Center for Families and Children International Center for Disability Information Institute for Labor Studies and Research West Virginia Poison Center	Medicine, Health Research Health Research, Medicine Biomedical and Health Research Initiative Center for Neuroscience Center for Rural Emergency Medicine Center on Aging Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Cardiovascular Sciences Eye Institute Health Sciences Research Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health Injury Control Research Center Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center Prevention Research Center West Virginia Rural Health Research Center WVU's Center for Advanced Imaging School of Medicine: Research
Biology Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Psychology	Computers Computers Center for Literary Computing Computer Based Testing Center Institute of Combinatorial Computing and Discrete Mathematics Software Engineering Research Center Research: Lane Department of Conputer Science and Electrical Engineering	Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Nanotechnology and Material Science Initiative Nanoscale Science — WVNano, NSEE
Biometrics & Security Biometrics & Security Security and Intelligence Research Initiative Biometric Knowledge Center Center for Identification Technology Forensic Science Initiative Homeland Security Programs Biometrics & CiTeR Forensics & Biometrics Gateway Forensics Business Studies	Energy Energy Advanced Energy Initiative Advanced Power & Electricity Research Center Appalachian Oil and Natural Gas Research Consortium Center for Advanced Separation Technologies Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines, and Emissions (CAFEE) Coal and Energy Research Bureau Industries of the Future — West Virginia National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium Longwall Mining and Ground Control Research Center National Research Center for Coal and Energy Natural Resource Analysis Center US-China Energy Center	Physics Physics WVU Center for Astrophysics

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WVU Undergraduate research

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