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Heinz College has an international reputation for the quality of its research. Our interdisciplinary environment creates exciting opportunities for collaboration and produces a breadth of research work not typically found in schools of our size.
Our faculty and research centers consistently receive funding support from government agencies, foundations and corporate partners, like the National Science Foundation; the Heinz Endowments; The Mellon Foundation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development; the Sloan Foundation and the National Institute of Justice.
We host or are closely associated with these Carnegie Mellon research centers:
iLab
iLab at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College is an inter-disciplinary research center consisting of faculty and students from the Heinz College, the Department of Statistics, the Department of Machine Learning, the School of Computer Science and the Tepper School of Business.
Center for Arts Management and Technology (CAMT)
CAMT investigates existing and emerging information and communication technology, and the practical application of this technology for arts managers. Heinz College Professor and Program Director Dan Martin is the director of CAMT, which is a member of the Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises (IMCE).
Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR)
The Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR) supports new and existing research in the realm of Decision Science at Carnegie Mellon. Behavioral decision research builds on the fields of psychology, economics, neuroscience, and public policy to answer applied and theoretical questions of decision making. These goals are met through the Center's seminar series, small grants program, working paper series, and public experiment scheduling site.
Center for Economic Development (CED)
As an applied research center, the CED brings academic resources to bear on key issues in regional economic development. Research areas include regional economic development, entrepreneurial vitality, links between economic growth and environmental sustainability, and globalization of technology and innovation.
Institute for Social Innovation
The Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) produces research and provides education that promotes leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation within the social sector. Collaborators include the College of Fine Arts School of Design and the Tepper School of Business. Current program offerings include new courses, a concentration in social entrepreneurship and innovation for Heinz School masters students, case competitions, experiential learning opportunities, and a lecture and podcast series featuring successful social innovators.
Program of Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS)
The Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS) seeks to undertake and disseminate research on issues related to gender equality and to develop partnerships with other organizations to help women gain equity in society. Women often suffer from gross economic inequities in society and PROGRESS strives to address these disparities by targeting young women to teach them the importance of negotiation and how to do it effectively. Working with partners that focus on young women, we hope to overcome socialized behaviors in them that may be hindering the progress of women as they become adults and enter the workforce.
CyLab
Advances in computer technology unfortunately come along with security vulnerabilities that can harm everyone from the home computer user to small businesses, large corporations and anyone dependent on the nation's telecommunications and financial systems. To counter that threat, Carnegie Mellon University has launched a security initiative designed to protect all computer users from interference by cyber terrorists and hackers. The interdisciplinary team that will make up CyLab includes more than 50 researchers and 80 students from Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering, School of Computer Science, H. John Heinz III College and the CERT Coordination Center.
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