Supporting Faculty Research
Some of the pathbreaking research created by Booth faculty members is conducted under the auspices of our research centers, which in turn are a draw for recruiting top faculty.
Supporting Faculty Research
Faculty and Insights Research Centers
Driving research and innovation at Booth—and beyond.
From entrepreneurship to marketing, social impact to artificial intelligence, the research centers at Chicago Booth are creating lasting and profound impact in business, culture, and society.
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, for instance, is providing the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators with the resources they need to launch successful companies. Other centers such as the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation are tackling some of the world’s most significant social and environmental problems.
An Invaluable Asset to Our Collaborative Community
The research centers at Chicago Booth, and those with whom we partner at the University of Chicago, provide our faculty, students, alumni, and those outside of our community with a reservoir of value. Here's how:
Enriching the Educational Experience
At Booth, faculty members have the freedom to incorporate their research into the classes they teach. This provides our students with educational opportunities not found elsewhere.
Enriching the Educational Experience
Keeping Alumni Connected
Through opportunities including advising startups via the Polsky Center and networking with faculty and students at a Rustandy Center event, our research centers act as a resource for alumni to remain engaged with their alma mater.
Keeping Alumni Connected
Expanding Our Reach
Our research centers reach people outside of Booth. Policymakers and journalists, for instance, rely on the Initiative on Global Markets for insights and thought leadership from our faculty.
Expanding Our ReachDynamic Centers for Research and Innovation
Developed by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UChicago, the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) is among the top-ranked university accelerator programs in the world. The Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership is a proving ground for new ideas and approaches to leadership. Booth’s Initiative on Global Markets supports trailblazing research and insights into international business, financial markets, and public policy. The Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation is leveraging entrepreneurial thinking to tackle the world’s toughest challenges.
Find out how Booth’s research centers are helping mold the future of business and society.
Chookaszian Accounting Research Center
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center coordinates accounting research at Booth and hosts research brown bags and workshops. It also publishes the Journal of Accounting Research, one of the top accounting research journals in the world.
Chookaszian Accounting Research Center
Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
Bringing together researchers from the entire Chicago economics community, the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics fosters novel insights on the world’s most difficult economic problems.
Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
This center supports researchers from across Booth and UChicago in making revolutionary advances in the applications of A.I. Their work touches fields as diverse as finance, health care, public policy, education, and behavioral science.
Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
Roman Family Center for Decision Research
Positioned at the forefront of the rapidly developing field of behavioral science, CDR is devoted to building a richer understanding of human behavior and experience.
Roman Family Center for Decision Research
Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC
An affiliate of Chicago Booth, CRSP, LLC is the leading provider of historical stock market data for researchers. The center has long been an integral part of the academic and commercial world of financial and economic research.
Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC
The Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance
The Fama-Miller Center was founded to promote and enhance academic research in finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
The Stigler Center confronts conventional thinking and investigates the obstacles preventing markets from being truly competitive.
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership
The Davis Center for Leadership supports students and alumni as they develop their leadership identities and skills.
Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership
Healthcare Initiative
The Healthcare Initiative serves as a center of gravity for the diverse disciplines that engage in healthcare research at Booth and across the university.
Healthcare Initiative
Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets
The Clark Center for Global Markets organizes Booth faculty efforts to influence public policy and the practice of business around the world. By hosting expert panels, visiting thought leaders, and conferences, the Clark Center raises the impact of Booth research.
Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets
James M. Kilts Center for Marketing
The Kilts Center for Marketing advances marketing at Booth by facilitating faculty research, supporting innovation in Booth’s marketing curriculum, funding scholarships, and creating engaging programs.
James M. Kilts Center for Marketing
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Polsky Center bridges the gap between knowledge and practice, idea and action, and research and impact through education, partnerships, and new venture creation.
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
As Booth’s social impact hub, the Rustandy Center offers hands-on learning opportunities, supports innovative courses, and pursues research—all with the goal of developing people and practices with the potential to solve the world’s biggest problems.
Rustandy Center for Social Sector InnovationA Resource for Students and Alumni
Many of our research centers provide in-depth opportunities for students and alumni to engage in scholarly work, expand their professional networks, and gain hands-on experience in their field.
- The Healthcare Initiative’s Healthcare Analytics Laboratory teaches Booth MBA students how to apply quantitative analytical tools to improve the delivery of healthcare.
- The Kilts Center partners with a variety of student groups to host marketing-focused events that complement the Booth curriculum.
- Through the Rustandy Center, Booth MBA students gain hands-on experience in impact investing with the Steven Tarrson Impact Investment Fund.
- The Polsky Center’s New Venture Challenge provides funding for student and alumni entrepreneurs to launch and scale new businesses.
Catalyzing Ideas into Impact
Catalyzing Ideas into Impact
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation fuels the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators with the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to turn their ideas into successful companies, products, and services.
The Polsky Center runs the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), which is recognized as one of the top accelerator programs in the nation along with accelerators such as Y Combinator and Techstars. Polsky has more than 60 professionals on staff and works with seasoned entrepreneurs and investors to provide guidance and support along the entrepreneurial journey.
The center manages the Svider Private Equity Program, which includes a variety of networking opportunities and experiential programs such as the Private Equity/Venture Capital Lab class and the Innovation Fund Associates program. These opportunities prepare students for a potential career in private equity and venture capital.
In recent years, the Polsky Center has helped Chicago Booth emerge as a leading university for training students on the model of entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), the process of running a search fund and seeking a company to acquire and manage. ETA resources include an annual conference, podcast series, and class at Booth, as well as additional resources for students interested in this career path.
Polsky is also home to the University of Chicago’s technology transfer office, which manages the technology and invention portfolio emerging from faculty research. Through events such as the Collaboratorium, MBA students and scientists come together to bring these nascent scientific discoveries to the market.
Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership
Named in honor of renowned leadership professor Harry L. Davis, Booth’s leadership research center serves as an incubator for generating new insights about leadership that impact education, practice, and discovery for future generations of students. The center helps foster Booth’s culture of curiosity and continual discovery for future generations of leaders through a deep commitment to collaboration and experimentation. The center also offers programming for alumni to learn, grow, share, and increase their impact as leaders.
Explore the Davis Center
Stories About Our Research Center Impact
How Can Brands Evolve to Meet Consumer Tastes?
We asked three Booth experts with firsthand perspectives in marketing and consumer products.
How Can Brands Evolve to Meet Consumer Tastes?
Enriching Business Journalism at Booth's Stigler Center
A unique program brings together reporters from around the world to diversify their business perspectives.
Enriching Business Journalism at Booth's Stigler Center