The institutes below comprise the Association of Centres of Research Excellence (aCoRE)

Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Bio-Protection Research Centre
MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
National Research Centre for Growth and Development
New Zealand Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (NZIMA)
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
The Riddet Institute