Research centres, institutes and shared facilities promote the exchange of ideas and provide collaborative research environments that stimulate multidisciplinary research and development. They also afford novel training opportunities for students and are valuable resources for the community at large.  

The University's current research centres, institutes and facilities include:

• Aerospace Materials Engineering Facility
• Applied Electromagnetics Facility
• Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine
  (with St. Boniface General Hospital and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada)
• Canadian Wheat  Board Centre for Grain Storage Research
• Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
  (with Health Sciences Centre) 
• Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.)
• Centre for Defence and Security Studies
• Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS)
• Centre for Global Public Health
• Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies
• Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)
• Centre for Human Models of Disease 
• Centre for Human Rights Research  
• Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
• Centre for the Research and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
• Centre on Aging  
• Crystallography and Mineralogy Research Facility
• Digital Image Analysis Facility
• Great-West Life Manitoba Breast Cancer Research and Diagnosis Centre
  (with CancerCare Manitoba)
• Health, Leisure and Human Performance Research Institute
• Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
  (with St. Boniface General Hospital)
• Institute for the Humanities
• Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences
• Internet Innovation Centre
• Legal Research Institute
• Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
• Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology
  (with Health Sciences Centre) 
• Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
  (with CancerCare Manitoba) 
• Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR)
• Manitoba Institute for Materials
• Manitoba Regional Materials and Surface Characterization Facility
• Manitoba Research Data Centre
• National Centre for Livestock and the Environment
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
• RESOLVE (Prairie  Research Network on Family Violence)
• Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN) 
• Spinal Cord Research Centre
• Transport Institute
• Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics (with University of Winnipeg)
• W.R. McQuade Structural Engineering Laboratory

Research groups include:

• Aquatic Biology Research Group
• Community Acquired Infections Research Group
• Composite Materials and Structures Group
• Developmental Health Research Group
• Education for Sustainable Well-Being Research Group
• Experimental Media Research Group
• Gastroenterology Research Group
• Manitoba Group in Protein Structure and Function
• Military & Veteran Health Sciences Research Group
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Group
• Palliative Care Research Group 
• Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Group
• Qualitative Research Group