Centers and Institutes
ECU’s centers and institutes strengthen and enrich REDE’s core missions of research, service and instruction. The university’s centers and institutes transcend the traditional boundaries of academic departments, bringing experts together across disciplines to address complex issues and partner with government and industry leaders.
UNC-Authorized Centers and Institutes
- Center for Health Disparities
- Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
- Center for Telepsychiatry and e-Behavioral Health
- Coastal Studies Institute
- Crisp Small Business Resource Center
- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute at ECU
- East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU
- North Carolina Agromedicine Institute
- Rural Education Institute
College and Department Centers
- School of Dental Medicine Community Service Learning Centers
- Center for Geographic Information Science
- Center for Healthcare Management Systems
- Center for Innovation in Technology and Engineering Outreach
- Center for Natural Hazards Research
- Center for STEM Education
- Center for Survey Research
- Water Resources Center
Core Facilities
ECU’s core facilities charge fees for use of their equipment and services. See individual sites for more information:
- Animal Care and Husbandry
- Brody School of Medicine Cellular Analysis/Imaging Core
- Brody School of Medicine Flow Cytometry Core Facility
- Brody School of Medicine Histology Core
- Brody School of Medicine Integrative Genomics Core
- Brody School of Medicine Mass Spectrometry Center
- Coastal Studies Institute Marine Services
- Diving and Water Safety Vessel Center
- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute Clinical and CS Services
- East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute Structural Biology Core
- Elemental Analysis Service Center (ICP-MS)
- Environmental Research Lab
- Geonomics Core Facility
- Human Performance Lab Translational Research Core Services
ECU’s Research Service Center Rate Schedule is available in Excel and PDF versions..
Field Sites
ECU’s research field sites allow faculty, staff and students to work outside of the traditional laboratory setting. Field sites are intended to bring research to the community and region, extending the university’s research efforts from Greenville to the rest of the state. ECU’s field sites enhance both academic-driven and community-based research, giving researchers the opportunity to partner with community members to solve the region’s toughest health, economic and educational disparities.