Research Institutes

Waterloo Region Research Institutes

• Artificial Intelligence Research Group
• Canadian Centre of Arts & Technology
• Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research
• Master of Quantitative Finance Program
• Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies
• Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology
• Centre for Computational Mathematics in Industry and Commerce
• Centre for Contact Lens Research
• Centre for Cultural Management
• Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
• Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology
• Computer Graphics Lab
• Control Systems Group
• Geri Green Energy Research Institute
• Heritage Resources Centre
• Institute for Computer Research
• Institute for Innovation Research
• Institute of Insurance and Pension Research
• Institute for Polymer Research
• Institute for Quantitative Finance & Insurance
• Institute for Quantum Computing
• Institute for Risk Research
• Mid-Size City Research Centre
• Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Research Group
• Schlegel UW Research Institute for Aging
• Silicon Devices and Integrated Circuits Group
• Survey Research Centre
• Symbolic Computation Group
• Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR)
• Waterloo Centre for Atmospheric Science
• Waterloo Centre for German Studies
• Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education
• Waterloo Institute for Groundwater Research
• Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research

• Colleges Ontario Network for Industry Innovation (CONII)
• The Woodworking Centre of Ontario

• Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems (ARIS) Laboratory 
• Advanced Foods & Materials Network (afmnet)
• Aquaculture Centre
• The Arboretum
• Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology
• Biocontrol Network
• Business Development Office
• Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
• Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWCH)
• Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network
• Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres (CNTC)
• Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety
• Centre for Families, Work, and Well-Being
• Centre for Food and Soft Materials Science
• Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL)
• Centre for Land and Water Stewardship
• College of Management and Economics (CME)
• Cliff Ecology Research Group
• Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility
• ERDU - Educational Research and Development Unit
• Electrochemical Technology Centre
• Food Safety Network
• The Guelph Centre for Organizational Research Incorporated
• Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC)
• Guelph Turfgrass Institute & Environmental Research Centre
• Hagen Aqualab
• Health and Performance Centre
• Human Nutraceutical Research Unit
• Laboratory Services
• MaRS Landing
• Metals in the Environment Research Network
• Ontario Rural Wastewater Centre
• Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network
• Urban Systems Environmental Design

• Centre for Global Relations, Governance, and Policy
• The Laurier Centre for Music Therapy Research
• CMA Centre of Excellence in Management Accounting for SMEs
• Cold Regions Research Centre
• Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
• Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy
• Centre for the Study of Nascent Entrepreneurship and the eXploitation of Technology (NEXT)
• Centre for Supply Chain Management

Other Local Research Centres

• Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
• Grand River Regional Cancer Centre
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI)
• The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
• Tri-Hospital Research Ethics Board

• Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies
• Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology 
• Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing
• Centre of Excellence for Photonics

• Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)
• Allergy, Genes, and Environment Network (allerGen)
• ArcticNet
• AquaNet - Canada's Research Network in Aquaculture
• Auto21 - Innovation Through Research Excellence
• Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)
• Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI)
• Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network (CLLRNet)
• Canadian Water Network (CWN)
• Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network (GEOIDE)
• Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS)
• Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS)
• Stem Cell Network (SCN)
• Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM)