Rice University fosters a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment through its internationally recognized institutes and centers, many of which include Chemistry faculty in leadership and affiliated roles. These partnerships connect researchers across the Schools of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences, and Humanities, creating opportunities to tackle complex challenges in areas such as human health and sustainable futures. Below are the institutes and centers with which our faculty are currently affiliated.
- Amyloid Mechanism and Disease Center
- Carbon Hub
- Center for STEM Engagement (R-STEM)
- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP)
- Rice Advanced Materials Institute (RAMI)
- Rice Brain Institute
- Rice Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences
- Rice Quantum Initiative (RQI)
- Rice Sustainability Institute
- Rice Synthetic Biology Institute (RSBI)
- Smalley-Curl Institute (SCI)
- Synthesis X Center (SynthX)
- WaTER Institute