Interdisciplinary Research Institutes

The Georgia Institute of Technology is home to more than 200 research centers and laboratories—an integral part of the entrepreneurial culture at Georgia Tech.

Connecting the Georgia Tech research community together are a number of Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, reporting to the Executive Vice President for Research. Each institute brings together a mix of researchers—spanning colleges, departments, and individual labs— around a single core research area. The institutes exist to create transformative opportunities, strengthen collaborative partnerships and maximize societal impact of the exciting research being done at Georgia Tech. 

Government and industry work with our Interdisciplinary Research Institutes to connect with a large portfolio of basic and applied research programs, to create and use novel research laboratories, to interact with Georgia Tech students and to collaborate with other research partners.

New institutes are currently being established, and they will be added to this listing when launched.  If you are interested in learning more about a research area for which no institute has yet been designated, please contact us directly using this form.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

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    The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) opened its doors in 1995 and since that time it has served as a catalyst for innovative bioengineering and bioscience research. Located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, IBB offers a bold variety of both traditional and cutting-edge medical research.

    Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
    Bob Guldberg

Electronics and Nanotechnology

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    The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) is a Georgia Tech interdisciplinary research institute designed to enhance support for rapidly growing research programs spanning biomedicine, materials, electronics and nanotechnology.

    IEN provides advanced Nano, Micro, and Bio Laboratories valued in excess of $400M of dedicated process tools and support expertise. These open-user, fee based laboratories are available to global academic, industry, and government clientele, offering a unique and comprehensive laboratory and teaming environment.

    Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology
    Mark Allen

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

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    The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) represents Georgia Tech's commitment to serve as a national resource for energy information dissemination and to play a leadership role in the transition to a more sustainable energy economy.

    Strategic Energy Institute
    Tim Lieuwen
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    The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems enhances Georgia Tech’s research, education, and service missions, and campus operations through leadership, communications, development, and decision-making inspired and defined by the principles of sustainability. Programs and projects initiated or supported by the BBISS lie at the intersections of these themes.

    Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
    John Crittenden

Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics

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    Maintaining state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to support research, education, and technology transfer is the focal point of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. It strives to identify, and anticipate, the manufacturing needs of industry and government, while pulling together robust interdisciplinary teams from the technical and research talent on Georgia Tech’s campus.

    Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
    Ben Wang

National Security

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    The Georgia Tech Research Institute is a highly-regarded applied research and development organization. Each day, GTRI’s science and engineering expertise is used to solve some of the toughest problems facing government and industry across the nation and around the globe.

    Georgia Tech Research Institute
    Robert T. McGrath

Paper Science and Technology

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    The Institute for Paper Science and Technology (IPST) was created in 1929 to provide science, technology and education in support of a vibrant industry. Today, evolving to meet the needs of a suite of industries with unlimited potential and complex challenges, IPST is an industrial research and development consortium strategically integrated within the vast resources of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

    Institute of Paper Science and Technology
    Norman Marsolan

People and Technology

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    The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) is a network of Georgia Tech’s world-class researchers and industry innovators collaborating on groundbreaking research that collectively pursue transformations in education, healthcare, humanitarian systems, media and other complex human enterprises.

    Institute for People and Technology
    Elizabeth D. Mynatt