Academic Centers & Cooperatives
CFANS is home to dozens of centers that bring scholars from diverse disciplines together for collaborative research, including:
- Center for Biorefining
- Center for Changing Landscapes
- Center for Farm Financial Management
- Center for Forest Ecology
- Center for Integrated Natural Resource and Agricultural Management (CINRAM)
- Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy (CIFAP)
- Center for Renewable Energy Storage Technology (CREST)
- Forever Green Initiative
- GEMS Informatics Center
- International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center (InSTePP)
- Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC)
- Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center (MITPPC)
- Plant Breeding Center
- Plant Protein Innovation Center (PPIC)
- Precision Agriculture Center
- Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory
- Sensory Center
- Soybean Research Center
- Water Resources Center
CFANS faculty, staff and students engage in meaningful research with external partners as members of several research cooperatives, including:
- AI Institute for Land, Economy, Agriculture & Forestry (AI-LEAF)
- Forest Products Management Development Institute (FPMDI)
- Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
- Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC)
- Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Minnesota Council on Economic Education
- Minnesota Forest Resources Council
- Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative
- Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative
- Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
- Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center
- North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE)
- University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP)
