Centers of Excellence & Research Units Recognized by the Board Of

Centers of Excellence & Research Units Recognized by the Board of Regents (As of March 2016)

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (ACADEMIC, RESEARCH OR WORKFORCE) Institution Center of Excellence Title Initial Regents Approval End of Approval Period Center for Workforce Excellence Provisional designation until BRCC June 2013 (conditional approval) in Transportation Technology 06/15/2017 Deepwater Center for Workforce FTCC February 2014 03/01/2020 Excellence Culinary Center for Workforce DCC April 2014 (conditional approval) 12/02/2016 Excellence LSU Health Sciences Center – Center of Excellence for Arthritis August 2014 12/31/2019 Shreveport and Rheumatology LSU Health Sciences Center – Feist-Weiller Cancer Center of December 2014 12/31/2019 Shreveport Excellence LSU Health Sciences Center – Stanley S. Scott Cancer Research March 2015 05/01/2020 New Orleans Center LSU Health Sciences Center – Neuroscience Center of April 2015 04/01/2020 New Orleans Excellence LSU Health Sciences Center – Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of March 2016 06/01/2021 New Orleans Excellence Center of Research Excellence in LSU A&M and LSU AgCenter Plant Biotechnology and Crop October 2014 03/01/2021 Development Southwest Economic Entrepreneurial Development McNeese State University September 2014 12/01/2020 (SEED) Center for Workforce Excellence Sowela Technical Community Industrial and Process Technology December 2014 05/05/2021 College Center for Workforce Excellence

2 RESEARCH CENTERS/INSTITUTES Institution Research Unit Title Initial Regents’ Approval End of Approval Period The Professional Development Louisiana Tech University and Research Institute in September 2001 06/01/2019 Blindness Integrated STEM Education Louisiana Tech University June 2008 08/01/2018 Research Center Louisiana Tech University Center for Information Assurance December 2007 06/30/2018 Center for Entrepreneurship and Louisiana Tech University September 2002 10/01/2018 Information Technology Institute for Industry-Education McNeese State University February 2009 05/30/2015 Collaboration (IIEC) Center for Advancement of Meat McNeese State University December 2011 01/01/2017 Production & Processing University of Louisiana at Institute for Coastal Ecology and 01/01/2018 January 2007 Lafayette Engineering National Incident Management University of Louisiana at Systems and Advanced October 2007 03/01/2018 Lafayette Technologies Institute (NIMSAT) University of Louisiana at Center for Child Development January 2006 04/01/2017 Lafayette University of Louisiana at Center for Structural and December 2004 09/01/2015 Lafayette Functional Materials University of Louisiana at Center for Moving Image Arts May 2011 05/01/2017 Lafayette University of Louisiana at Ernest J. Gaines Center February 2008 09/01/2020 Lafayette University of Louisiana at Center for Business and April 2003 06/01/2017 Lafayette Information Technologies (CBIT) University of Louisiana at Health Informatics Center of February 1999 01/31/2014 Lafayette Acadiana University of Louisiana at Center for Visual and Decision September 2013 09/01/2018 Lafayette Informatics Small Business Risk Management University of Louisiana at Monroe December 2011 12/01/2016 Institute Precision Agriculture and University of Louisiana at Monroe Unmanned Aircraft Systems April 2014 04/01/2020 Research & Applications Center Institute for Biodiversity and Southeastern Louisiana University April 2002 06/30/2015 Interdisciplinary Studies (IBIS) Center for Nursing Education and Southeastern Louisiana University October 2007 06/30/2019 Practice

3 Center for Mathematical Grambling State University Achievement in Science and December 2005 04/01/2016 Technology Louisiana State University Paul M. The George and Jean Pugh January 2003 12/31/2019 Hebert Law Center Institute for Justice Louisiana State University Paul M. Energy Law Center August 2012 06/30/2018 Hebert Law Center Louisiana State University Center for Natural Resource January 2004 04/01/2016 Agricultural Center Economics and Policy Louisiana State University Louisiana Center for Rural February 2005 04/01/2014 Agricultural Center Initiatives Louisiana State University Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and December 2009 03/01/2021 Agricultural Center Bioprocessing Louisiana State University and Institute for Dementia Research A&M College (Pennington October 2008 06/30/2018 and Prevention Biomedical Research Center) Louisiana State University and Hearne Institute for Theoretical January 2006 07/01/2016 A&M College Physics Louisiana State University and Stephenson Disaster April 2007 06/30/2017 A&M College Management Institute Louisiana State University and Center for Computation and May 2004 06/01/2018 A&M College Technology (CCT) Louisiana State University and Life Course and Aging Center May 2003 06/01/2018 A&M College (LCAC) Louisiana State University and Center for Gas Turbine September 2001 06/30/2018 A&M College Innovations and Energy Research Louisiana State University and Center for Geoinformatics June 2001 06/01/2018 A&M College Louisiana State University and Hurricane Center August 2000 10/31/2015 A&M College Louisiana State University and Center for Rotating Machinery August 2000 12/31/2019 A&M College Louisiana State University and Reilly Center for Media and Public October 1999 06/01/2019 A&M College Affairs Louisiana State University and Center for Internal Auditing February 1999 12/31/2019 A&M College Louisiana State University and Institute for Advanced Materials December 2013 03/01/2020 A&M College Louisiana State University and Leadership Development Institute August 2014 09/01/2016 A&M College Louisiana State University and Professional Sales Institute October 2014 10/31/2015 A&M College Louisiana State University and Transformational Technologies & March 2015 04/01/2016 4 A&M College Cyber Research Center Louisiana State University Health Louisiana Vaccine Center October 2008 02/01/2018 Sciences Center – New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Research Institute for Children May 2005 12/01/2015 Sciences Center – New Orleans Louisiana State University Health The Epilepsy Center October 2002 06/01/2019 Sciences Center – New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Early Intervention Institute December 1998 06/30/2018 Sciences Center – New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Institute for Public Health and April 2011 10/01/2016 Sciences Center – New Orleans Justice Louisiana State University – International Lincoln Center for April 2000 04/01/2017 Shreveport American Studies Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research Louisiana State University – (originally named Institute for September 2001 04/01/2019 Shreveport Human Services and Public Policy) Louisiana State University – Red River Watershed September 2001 12/01/2018 Shreveport Management Institute Louisiana State University Health Center for Cardiovascular December 2013 12/01/2018 Sciences Center – Shreveport Diseases and Sciences University of New Orleans New Orleans Jazz Institute June 2008 04/01/2017 Pontchartrain Institute for University of New Orleans June 2001 04/01/2017 Environmental Sciences National Center for Advanced University of New Orleans September 2001 12/31/2019 Manufacturing (NCAM) University of New Orleans Hospitality Research Center September 2001 02/01/2017 Merritt C. Becker, Jr. UNO University of New Orleans August 2001 09/01/2020 Transportation Institute (UNOTI) Greater New Orleans Center for University of New Orleans August 2009 06/30/2018 Information Assurance (GNOCIA) Center for Hazard Assessment University of New Orleans June 2001 06/30/2018 Response and Technology Joseph Canizaro & James University of New Orleans Livingston Gulf States Center for September 2015 09/30/2020 Environmental Informatics International Center for Southern University and A&M Information Technology and August 2007 12/01/2017 College Development (ICITD) Center for Advanced February 2015 (conditional Delgado Community College 06/01/2016 Manufacturing & Technology approval)