The Palm Center is a research institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Center is committed to sponsoring state-of-the-art research to enhance the quality of public dialogue about critical and controversial issues of the day.

The Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a leader in commissioning and disseminating research in the areas of gender, sexuality, and the military. The Center's priority research area is the "Don't ask, don't tell" Project.

The Palm Center, founded in 1998, originally was known as the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military [CSSMM].