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Advancing solutions to critical research challenges
ASU Core Research Facilities provide access to advanced equipment, in-depth consultation and individualized services to help you achieve your research goals on any budget, scale or timeline.
How it works
Our equipment, services and facilities are open to ASU students and faculty, as well as academic researchers at other institutions and corporate users through a streamlined, pay-for-use model.
Sign up
Access services and equipment by registering on iLab or any facility specific platform.
Complete training
Pass the requisite safety and equipment training.
Schedule time or
request services
Once training is complete, use iLab to schedule time on equipment or request specific services.
Advance your goals
Publish, promote or commercialize your research enabled by our facilities.
Our facilities
Our six distinct focus areas support research and development spanning microelectronics, biosciences, advanced manufacturing, materials sciences, clinical research, and computing and data services.
Biosciences
The ten facilities within the Biosciences core provide services, equipment and expertise across the breadth of life sciences. Underpinning vital research at ASU’s Biodesign Institute and serving clinical partners such as the Barrow Neurological Institute and Mayo Clinic, this core provides clients with support across the entire lifespan of a project.
Clinical research
The Clinical Research Services core provides a full service suite of facilities, staff and equipment to support or conduct high-quality human clinical research. The core’s facilities and capabilities support research to positively impact health challenges in our community.
Computing and data services
Research Computing leverages advanced computational resources and data management to address large-scale research challenges with speed and precision. Capabilities include AI and machine learning, high-performance computing, parallel computing, big data storage and analytics, scientific visualization, high-speed networking, and cybersecurity.
Instrument design and fabrication
Capable of designing, building, modifying or repairing instruments, the Instrument Design and Fabrication core keeps research progressing in a timely, cost-effective manner.
Materials characterization and synthesis
Providing premier analytical, characterization, modeling and synthesis services, this core and its component facilities support research across a range of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, life sciences, earth and space sciences, environmental sciences, and engineering.
Semiconductor device processing
With more than 45,000 combined square feet of clean room space, these facilities encompass a range of capabilities, including nanofabrication, nanoscale processing and electronics design, solar cell fabrication and testing, and more.
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Our impact
ASU Core Research Facilities serve as the foundation for many advanced research projects and efforts at the university and beyond. We support areas ranging from health and biological sciences to Arizona’s semiconductor manufacturing boom, space exploration and more.
$135M testing out resilience
in research expenditures
supported in 2025
$35M
invested in capital assets since 2020
160+
external clients served in 2025
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