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Research Institutes
Research Institutes are formally designated non-departmental units that facilitate extensive multi-faculty collaborative research. This research is often enhanced by research relationships with other universities, stakeholders (e.g., government, community or private sector affiliates) or shared resources and infrastructure. The activities of Research Institutes support the strategic research mission of the university.
The following Institutes which have university-wide mandate or a multi-university consortium were established under SFU Policy R40.01 and are under the direct authority of the Associate Vice-President, Research.
SFU's Research Institutes
- Aquatic Research Cooperative (ARC) Institute
- Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing
- Centre for Forensic Research
- Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences
- Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures
- Chronic Pain Research Institute
- Digital Democracies Institute
- Global Institute for Agritech
- i2I Research and Innovation Institute (i2IRII)
- Indigenous Research Institute
- Institute for Black and African Diaspora Research and Engagement
- Institute for Environmental Learning
- Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
- Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN)
- Institute for Performance Studies (IPS)
- Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence
- Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research (ITCR)
- Institute on Violence, Terrorism, and Security
- International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy
- International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)
- Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS)
- Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
- Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute (STAR)
- SFU-FH Health Research Institute
- Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)
- Visual & INteractive Computing Institute (VINCI)
- Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)
Research Initiatives associated with SFU
- BC SUPPORT Unit Fraser Centre
- Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI)
- Educational Neuroscience Laboratory (Engrammetron)
- FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
- Imaginative Education Research Group
- Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines
- Kids Brain Health Network
- Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
- Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
- Quantum Algorithms Institute
- Social Attention Research Group (SARG)
- TRIUMF
Staff Contacts
Jean Huang
Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR), Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Email: avprea@sfu.ca