Research Facilities

Research Facilities provides direction and oversight for the management of university research space including working with deans, faculty, and the university’s facilities management group on research space planning, research space utilization, and research lab design, construction and renovation projects. The group also manages university core facilities that provide Baylor faculty, students, and staff with cutting-edge research technology.

Key Facilities

Baylor faculty enjoy access to state-of-the-art research facilities supported by experienced and highly trained staff. Click the links below for more information.

The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative

The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) is home to faculty and graduate students in Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science as well as numerous interdisciplinary centers and institutes. It contains over 300,000 square feet of research and collaboration space including meeting and symposium facilities for University and community events.

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The Baylor Sciences Building

The Baylor Sciences Building (BSB) houses six academic departments and over a dozen interdisciplinary centers and institutes. It also contains four core research and service facilities as well as other shared resources and equipment available to faculty.

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Core Facilities

Center for Microscopy and Imaging – Helping researchers and students to independently explore the smallest details of our world

Center for NMR Spectrometry – Multiple NMR technologies for component analysis, structure elucidation and validation

High Performance and Research Computing Services – Provides high performance computing resources, programming support, research technology consultation, and Linux system support

Mass Spectrometry Center – Providing state-of-the-art mass spectrometry in a user-driven, open-access facility

Molecular Biosciences Center – Promoting excellence in molecular research through instrumentation, consultation and education

Collaborative Innovation Space Available

At the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative, industry partners can innovate alongside Baylor faculty and students in the same physical space. Our partners at the BRIC are not just tenants—they are active participants in collaborative, sponsored research. Available spaces can be built out to the exact specifications of qualified prospective occupants.

Space at the BRIC is available to start-ups and businesses of all sizes and assistance is available in applying for grants through SBIR/STTR, the National Science Foundation and other federal sponsors. BRIC partners also benefit from collaboration with academic researchers and investors through the Baylor L2M program.