Centers

Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC)
APAC examines policies, regulations and conditions that affect how farmers operate their businesses and how the agricultural sector performs.

Center for Agriculture & Food Security and Preparedness (CAFSP)
The CAFSP serves as a focal point for several key initiatives that will assist the nation in its efforts to protect agriculture and the food supply from terrorist threats.

Center for Community Health Literacy
Health literacy is the ability of individuals to obtain, interpret and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

Center for Native Grasslands Management (CNGM)
The Center for Native Grasslands Management (CNGM) provides the scientific background needed by producers and land managers to enable them to effectively establish and manage native grasslands. High priorities for research include forage production; biofuels production (and strategies for integrating them both); restoration of native grassland communities, particularly oak savannahs and woodlands; and wildlife conservation.

Center for Profitable Agriculture (CPA)
CPA is a partnership between the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation and the UT Institute of Agriculture. The Center is committed to increasing the value of Tennessee's economy through new, expanded and improved processing and marketing of agricultural and forestry products.

Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC)
The Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC) consolidates UTIA's growing research, teaching and outreach programs related to bioenergy production and biomaterials processing into one cohesive unit.

Center for Tobacco Grower Research (CTGR)
CTGR's mission is to conduct timely research in the areas of tobacco production, economics, and markets that will provide information to support the sustainability of U.S. production of burley, flue-cured, dark and other types of tobacco.

Center for Wildlife Health
The Center for Wildlife Health provides a multidisciplinary environment for the study of health issues arising from the interaction of wildlife, livestock, humans and the environment.

Center of Excellence in Livestock Diseases and Human Health
The Center was designed to improve the quality of human life through better animal health, expand livestock disease research capabilities, identify and characterize animal diseases that are similar to human disease, and develop new strategies for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.

Natural Resource Policy Center
The Center’s purpose is to utilize a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, and multi-functional approach to help solve natural resource issues in the southeastern United States. The Center seeks to provide a framework that fosters cooperation across both disciplines and institutions.

Soil, Plant and Pest Center
The Soil, Plant and Pest Center serves homeowners, farmers, nursery growers and researchers by providing information to assist in all areas of production.

Southeastern SunGrant Center
The SunGrant Initiative provides land-grant university research, education and Extension programs on renewable energy and biobased, non-food industries.

UT Center for Community-Based Health Initiatives (CCBHI)
CCBHI is a partnership of the UT College of Pharmacy and UT Extension. The center's goal is to create, deliver and evaluate innovative health education programs that are community-based and provide research-based education designed to result in self-responsibility for health.

UT Obesity Research Center
The UT Obesity Research Center is dedicated to developing interdisciplinary approaches for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity that will decrease obesity-related complications and help people achieve long-term maintenance of a healthy weight.

Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station Research and Education Centers

There are 10 research and education centers located across the state. The centers support most of the research conducted by UT AgResearch for the benefit of Tennessee's diversified agriculture and natural resource industries. Research conducted by the centers addresses real problems or answers real questions posed by producers, agri-businesses, agricultural professionals and the general public.

• Dairy Research and Education Centers
• East Tennessee Research and Education Center
• Forest Resources Research and Education Center
• Highland Rim Research and Education Center
• Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center
• Plateau Research and Education Center
• Research and Education Center at Ames Plantation
• Research and Education Center at Greeneville
• Research and Education Center at Milan
• West Tennessee Research and Education Center