Overview of Academic Research
SPA has established several academic institutes, including Western Traffic Strategy and Regional Development Research Centre (Sichuan Province Philosophy and Social Science Research Base), Southwest Jiaotong University-Cornell University International Center for Technology& Society Innovation, Performance Evaluation Center for local Government, Public Opinion Research Center, China Education Finance Research Centre, Institute for the Introduction and Utilization of Foreign Capital, Research Center for Asian Political Culture and Public Governance, Public Policy Institute, International Economic Research, Applied Ethics Research Center , etc..
The research teams of SPA have hosted many important research projects, among which are projects granted by The National Social Science Fund of China（NSSFC）and Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC). Many teachers won the Prize of Excellent Research Results of Sichuan Province Philosophy and Social Science, Sichuan Provincial Prize for Progress in Science and Techonology, Mundell-Huang Prize, Prize of Excellent Results of Tianjin Municipal Philosophy and Social Science Research, etc...