The Center for Social and Behavioral Research (CSBR) is a freestanding unit within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa.  Since its beginning in 1967, CSBR has conducted over 600 funded research studies on a wide variety of topics including public health, crime/corrections, environment/energy, education, housing/planning, and public opinion/policy priorities.

Most activities are of an applied research nature, designed to assist public agencies in answering questions about public opinion and the impacts of their programs. CSBR services include research development and design, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, program evaluation, reporting results, budgeting, and assistance with grant proposal preparation.

CSBR has collected data from over 400,000 Iowans by telephone interviewing, face-to-face interviewing, mailed questionnaires, focus groups, and web surveys. 

Every year CSBR provides direct research training and experience for many UNI students.