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Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes

Independent research laboratories, centers, and institutes perform multidisciplinary research that extends beyond the scope of any one of the University's organized schools. Organizations in this section are listed alphabetically by their formal name.

OFFICE OF VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF RESEARCH

Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Dean of the Independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes: Ann M. Arvin

Offices: 450 Serra Mall, Main Quadrangle, Building 60

Mail Code: 94305-2064

Office Phone: 650-723-8789

Office Fax: 650-723-0662

Web Site: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR

The following independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes report to the Vice Provost and Dean of Research:

BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

Bio-X, the interdisciplinary program related to bioengineering, biomedicine, and biosciences

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Global Climate and Energy Program (G-CEP)

Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency

Woods Institute for the Environment

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)

Human-Sciences and Technologies Advance Research Institute (H-STAR), including SCIL, Media-X, and Center for the Study of Language And Information (CSLI)

Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL)

Stanford Humanities Center

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory

Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM)

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), operated jointly with SLAC

Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE), operated jointly with SLAC

Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), operated jointly with SLAC

W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL)

OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CENTERS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LABORATORIES, CENTERS, AND INSTITUTES

The Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS), and the Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies report to the School of Humanities and Sciences.

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) report to the President and Provost.

SLAC is independently operated under a contract with the Department of Energy. KIPAC, PULSE, and SIMES are operated jointly with SLAC and the Office of Vice Provost and Dean of Research.

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