Research and Sponsored Programs

Research Centers and Institutes

The following list includes those research-oriented centers or institutes that have been reviewed and approved by the UToledo Research Council or are currently under review.

Name of Center or Institute	Director
The Asian Studies Institute	An Chung Cheng
Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research (CeDER)	Beata Lecka-Czernik
Center for Drug Design and Development (CD3)	Isaac Schiefer
Center for Geographic Information Sciences and Applied Geographics (GISAG)	Kevin Czajkowski
Center for Hypertension and Precision Medicine -(CHPM)	Bina Joe
Engineering Center for Orthopaedic Research Excellence (E-CORE)	Brent Cameron
Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute	Celia Williamson
Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center (JFUAC)	Sujata Shetty
Institute for Applied Engineering Research (IAER)	Mohammad Elahinia & Steven Huebner
Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership	TBD
The Lake Erie Center	Thomas Bridgeman
Legal Institute of the Great Lakes	Evan Zoldan
Plant Science Research Center (PSRC)	Scott Heckathorn
Polymer Institute	Joseph Lawrence
Ritter Astrophysics Research Center - Ritter Planetarium & Brooks Observatory	JD Smith
Small Turbine Institute	Nicoleta Ene
Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC)	Michael Heben

An annual report is required each year by the 15th of July. The report template is available here.
Completed annual reports should be email to Dawn Miller at Dawn.Miller4@UToledo.edu.
Centers undergoing review should use the self-study template provided here.