Research organizations in the United States

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 10,299 research organizations in the United States.

Research organizations carry out scientific and applied research outside the university system, from national laboratories to independent institutes.

The largest concentrations are in Washington, DC (848), New York, New York (846) and Chicago, Illinois (280).

The United States scores 68.5 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 21 of 117 economies.

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10,299 research organizations

• COPD Foundation
  Research organization · Miami · copdfoundation.org
• Cope Community Services
  Research organization · Tucson · copecommunityservices.org
• Cope Environmental Center
  Research organization · Centerville · copeenvironmental.org
• Copenhagen Consensus Center
  Research organization · Tewksbury · copenhagenconsensus.com
• Copper Development Association
  Research organization · New York · copper.org
• Copper Queen Community Hospital
  Research organization · Bisbee · cqch.org
• Copper River Watershed Project
  Research organization · Cordova · copperriver.org
• Coral Reef Alliance
  Research organization · Oakland · coral.org
• Coral Reef Research Foundation
  Research organization · San Diego · coralreefresearchfoundation.org
• CORE Foundation
  Research organization · Dripping Springs · corefoundation.org
• Coriell Institute For Medical Research
  Research organization · Camden · coriell.org
• Corina Higginson Trust
  Research organization · Accokeek · corinahigginsontrust.wordpress.com
• Cornea Research Foundation of America
  Research organization · Indianapolis · cornea.org
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation
  Research organization · Hartford · cdlsusa.org
• Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Jefferson County
  Research organization · Watertown · ccejefferson.org
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
  Research organization · Riverhead · ccesuffolk.org
• Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County
  Research organization · Liberty · sullivancce.org
• Cornerstone Community Development Corporation
  Research organization · Ford Heights · cornerstone-cdc.org
• Cornerstone Evaluation Associates
  Research organization · Pittsburgh · cornereval.com
• Cornucopia Cancer Support Center
  Research organization · Durham · cancersupport4u.org
• Corporation for Findlay Market
  Research organization · Cincinnati · findlaymarket.org
• Corporation for National Research Initiatives
  Research organization · Reston · cnri.reston.va.us
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  Research organization · Washington · cpb.org
• Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
  Research organization · Washington · cren.net
• Corvallis Environmental Center
  Research organization · Corvallis · corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org
• CorVita Science Foundation
  Research organization · Chicago · corvitascience.org
• Cosmopolitan International
  Research organization · Lancaster · cosmopolitan.org
• Cosmos Club Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · cosmosclubfoundation.org
• Costume Society of America
  Research organization · Columbus · costumesocietyamerica.com
• Couch Family Foundation
  Research organization · Tampa · couchfamilyfoundation.org
• Couleecap
  Research organization · Westby · couleecap.org
• Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
  Research organization · Chicago · cael.org
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education
  Research organization · Washington · case.org
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
  Research organization · Ames · cast-science.org
• Council for Aid to Education
  Research organization · New York · cae.org
• Council for Basic Education
  Research organization · Washington · c-b-e.org
• Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
  Research organization · Washington · cccu.org
• Council for Economic Education
  Research organization · New York · councilforeconed.org
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars
  Research organization · Washington · cies.org
• Council for Jewish Elderly
  Research organization · Chicago · cje.ne
• Council for Learning Disabilities
  Research organization · Overland Park · council-for-learning-disabilities.org
• Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
  Research organization · Honolulu · hawaiiancouncil.org
• Council for Opportunity in Education
  Research organization · Washington · coenet.org
• Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
  Research organization · Seattle · casw.org
• Council of Accountable Physician Practices
  Research organization · Oakland · accountablecaredoctors.org
• Council of American Overseas Research Centers
  Research organization · Washington · caorc.org
• Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments
  Research organization · Fort Yukon · catg.org
• Council of Chief State School Officers
  Research organization · Washington · ccsso.org
• Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
  Research organization · Baltimore · ccaom.org
• Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
  Research organization · Addison · thecela.org
• Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology
  Research organization · Tallahassee · cogdop.org
• Council of Independent Colleges
  Research organization · Washington · cic.edu
• Council of Michigan Foundations
  Research organization · Grand Haven · michiganfoundations.org
• Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics
  Research organization · Arlington · copafs.org
• Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs
  Research organization · California City · copgtp.org
• Council of Science Editors
  Research organization · Wheat Ridge · councilscienceeditors.org
• Council of Scientific Society Presidents
  Research organization · Waco · sciencepresidents.org
• Council of Southeast Pennsylvania
  Research organization · Doylestown · councilsepa.org
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
  Research organization · Atlanta · cste.org
• Council of State Archivists
  Research organization · Albany · statearchivists.org
• Council of the Great City Schools
  Research organization · Washington · cgcs.org
• Council of Urban Professionals
  Research organization · New York · cupusa.org
• Council On Aging of Central Oregon
  Research organization · Bend · councilonaging.org
• Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coastal Bend
  Research organization · Corpus Christi · coada-cb.org
• Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
  Research organization · Santa Barbara · cadasb.org
• Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  Research organization · Washington · cfare.org
• Council on Foreign Relations
  Research organization · New York · cfr.org
• Council on Foundations
  Research organization · Arlington · cof.org
• Council on Library and Information Resources
  Research organization · Alexandria · clir.org
• Council on Prevention and Education: Substances
  Research organization · Louisville · copes.org
• Council on Social Work Education
  Research organization · Alexandria · cswe.org
• Council on Undergraduate Research
  Research organization · Washington · cur.org
• Counseling Center
  Research organization · Portsmouth · thecounselingcenter.org
• Courage360
  Research organization · Tacoma · courage360.org
• Court Appointed Special Advocates of Union County
  Research organization · Elizabeth · casaofunioncounty.org
• Courtesy Associates
  Research organization · Washington · courtesyassociates.com
• Courtesy Travel Service
  Research organization · Washington · asoft7116.accrisoft.com
• Covenant Foundation
  Research organization · New York · covenantfn.org
• Covington and Burling
  Research organization · Washington · cov.com
• Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments
  Research organization · Kelso · cwcog.org
• Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center
  Research organization · Shiprock · ccrcnm.org
• Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts of America
  Research organization · Wayne · colbsa.org
• Craig H Neilsen Foundation
  Research organization · Los Angeles · chnfoundation.org
• Cranberry Institute
  Research organization · Carver · cranberryinstitute.org
• Cranbrook Academy of Art
  Research organization · Bloomfield Hills · cranbrookart.edu
• Crawford Heritage Community Foundation
  Research organization · Meadville · crawfordheritage.org
• CRDF Global
  Research organization · Arlington · crdfglobal.org
• Creating Hope
  Research organization · McCordsville · creatinghope.us
• Creative Aging Network-NC
  Research organization · Greensboro · can-nc.org
• Creative Capital Foundation
  Research organization · New York · creative-capital.org
• Creative Commons
  Research organization · Mountain View · creativecommons.org
• Creative Health Care Management
  Research organization · Minneapolis · chcm.com
• Crescent City Community Land Trust
  Research organization · New Orleans · ccclt.org
• Cricket Island Foundation
  Research organization · New York · cricketisland.org
• Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund
  Research organization · Cincinnati · ccpf.proscan.com
• Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
  Research organization · Arlington · cepf.net
• Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation
  Research organization · Bozeman · citmt.org
• Critical Path Institute
  Research organization · Tucson · c-path.org
• Critical Review Foundation
  Research organization · Oakland · criticalreview.com
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
  Research organization · New York · crohnscolitisfoundation.org
• Crop Protection Network
  Research organization · Washington · cropprotectionnetwork.org
• Crop Science Society of America
  Research organization · Madison · crops.org
• Crossref
  Research organization · Lynnfield · crossref.org
• Crossroads Community Food Network
  Research organization · Takoma Park · crossroadscommunityfoodnetwork.org
• Crosswinds Equine Rescue
  Research organization · Danville · cwer.org
• Crotched Mountain
  Research organization · Greenfield · crotchedmountain.org
• Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
  Research organization · Cortez · crowcanyon.org
• Crown Family Philanthropies
  Research organization · Chicago · crownfamilyphilanthropies.org
• Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation
  Research organization · Brownsburg · cmmrf.org
• Cryptobranchid Interest Group
  Research organization · Fort Worth · caudata.org
• CS Fund
  Research organization · Sonoma · csfund.org
• CSU Translational Medicine Institute
  Research organization · Fort Collins · csutmi.org
• CSUF Auxiliary Services
  Research organization · Fullerton · csufasc.com
• CTOR Press
  Research organization · Hoboken · ctor.press
• CU Boulder Center for Technology, Workforce & Innovation
  Research organization · Boulder · colorado.edu
• Cuban Artists Fund
  Research organization · New York · cubanartistsfund.org
• CueThink
  Research organization · South Boston · cuethink.com
• Culinary Trust
  Research organization · Portland · theculinarytrust.org
• Cullen Foundation
  Research organization · Houston · cullenfdn.org
• Cultivating Community
  Research organization · Portland · cultivatingcommunity.org

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Cities

• Research organizations in Washington, DC 848
• Research organizations in New York, New York 846
• Research organizations in Chicago, Illinois 280
• Research organizations in San Francisco, California 211
• Research organizations in Boston, Massachusetts 182
• Research organizations in Seattle, Washington 177
• Research organizations in Los Angeles, California 175
• Research organizations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 122
• Research organizations in Atlanta, Georgia 109
• Research organizations in Arlington, Virginia 91
• Research organizations in Oakland, California 90
• Research organizations in Alexandria, Virginia 89
• Research organizations in Austin, Texas 88
• Research organizations in Denver, Colorado 87
• Research organizations in Houston, Texas 80
• Research organizations in San Diego, California 80
• Research organizations in Bethesda, Maryland 76
• Research organizations in Portland, Oregon 76
• Research organizations in Baltimore, Maryland 71
• Research organizations in Minneapolis, Minnesota 70
• Research organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 65
• Research organizations in Cambridge, Massachusetts 64
• Research organizations in Berkeley, California 60
• Research organizations in Dallas, Texas 57
• Research organizations in Indianapolis, Indiana 54
• Research organizations in Madison, Wisconsin 52
• Research organizations in Durham, North Carolina 51
• Research organizations in Tucson, Arizona 49
• Research organizations in Columbus, Ohio 47
• Research organizations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 45
• Research organizations in Brooklyn, New York 43
• Research organizations in Anchorage, Alaska 42
• Research organizations in Silver Spring, Maryland 42
• Research organizations in Raleigh, North Carolina 41
• Research organizations in Saint Paul, Minnesota 41
• Research organizations in Sacramento, California 40
• Research organizations in Albuquerque, New Mexico 39
• Research organizations in Honolulu, Hawaii 39
• Research organizations in St Louis, Missouri 39
• Research organizations in Boulder, Colorado 38
• Research organizations in Cleveland, Ohio 38
• Research organizations in Rockville, Maryland 38
• Research organizations in Reston, Virginia 37
• Research organizations in Ann Arbor, Michigan 35
• Research organizations in Salt Lake City, Utah 35
• Research organizations in San Antonio, Texas 35
• Research organizations in Miami, Florida 34
• Research organizations in New Orleans, Louisiana 34
• Research organizations in Phoenix, Arizona 34
• Research organizations in Kansas City, Missouri 32
• Research organizations in Nashville, Tennessee 31
• Research organizations in Palo Alto, California 31
• Research organizations in Richmond, Virginia 30
• Research organizations in Santa Fe, New Mexico 29
• Research organizations in Tampa, Florida 28
• Research organizations in McLean, Virginia 27
• Research organizations in La Jolla, California 26
• Research organizations in Cincinnati, Ohio 25
• Research organizations in Albany, New York 24
• Research organizations in Little Rock, Arkansas 24
• Research organizations in Louisville, Kentucky 24
• Research organizations in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 24
• Research organizations in Omaha, Nebraska 24
• Research organizations in Santa Monica, California 24
• Research organizations in Charlottesville, Virginia 23
• Research organizations in Fairfax, Virginia 23
• Research organizations in Memphis, Tennessee 23
• Research organizations in Providence, Rhode Island 23
• Research organizations in Pasadena, California 22
• Research organizations in Birmingham, Alabama 21
• Research organizations in Colorado Springs, Colorado 21
• Research organizations in Hartford, Connecticut 21
• Research organizations in Evanston, Illinois 20
• Research organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada 20
• Research organizations in Tallahassee, Florida 20
• Research organizations in Wilmington, Delaware 20
• Research organizations in Ames, Iowa 19
• Research organizations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 19
• Research organizations in Columbia, South Carolina 19
• Research organizations in Detroit, Michigan 19
• Research organizations in Rosemont, Illinois 19
• Research organizations in Santa Barbara, California 19
• Research organizations in Schaumburg, Illinois 19
• Research organizations in Lexington, Kentucky 18
• Research organizations in Bozeman, Montana 17
• Research organizations in Gainesville, Florida 17
• Research organizations in Mountain View, California 17
• Research organizations in Rochester, New York 17
• Research organizations in Tulsa, Oklahoma 17
• Research organizations in Charlotte, North Carolina 16
• Research organizations in Falls Church, Virginia 16
• Research organizations in New Haven, Connecticut 16
• Research organizations in Princeton, New Jersey 16
• Research organizations in Springfield, Illinois 16
• Research organizations in Winston-Salem, North Carolina 16
• Research organizations in Lansing, Michigan 15
• Research organizations in Lincoln, Nebraska 15
• Research organizations in Portland, Maine 15
• Research organizations in San Jose, California 15
• Research organizations in Beverly Hills, California 14
• Research organizations in Buffalo, New York 14
• Research organizations in Davis, California 14
• Research organizations in Des Moines, Iowa 14
• Research organizations in Jacksonville, Florida 14
• Research organizations in Long Beach, California 14
• Research organizations in Manhattan, Kansas 14
• Research organizations in Oak Brook, Illinois 14
• Research organizations in Santa Cruz, California 14
• Research organizations in White Plains, New York 14
• Research organizations in Wichita, Kansas 14
• Research organizations in Boca Raton, Florida 13
• Research organizations in Bronx, New York 13
• Research organizations in Concord, New Hampshire 13
• Research organizations in Ithaca, New York 13
• Research organizations in Beverly, Massachusetts 12
• Research organizations in Champaign, Illinois 12
• Research organizations in Dayton, Ohio 12
• Research organizations in Fairbanks, Alaska 12
• Research organizations in Grand Rapids, Michigan 12
• Research organizations in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 12
• Research organizations in Irvine, California 12
• Research organizations in Jackson, Mississippi 12
• Research organizations in Needham, Massachusetts 12
• Research organizations in Olympia, Washington 12
• Research organizations in Redwood City, California 12
• Research organizations in St. Petersburg, Florida 12
• Research organizations in Columbia, Maryland 11
• Research organizations in Englewood, Colorado 11
• Research organizations in Eugene, Oregon 11
• Research organizations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 11
• Research organizations in Fort Worth, Texas 11
• Research organizations in Fresno, California 11
• Research organizations in Iowa City, Iowa 11
• Research organizations in Lawrence, Kansas 11
• Research organizations in Menlo Park, California 11
• Research organizations in Newark, New Jersey 11
• Research organizations in Norman, Oklahoma 11
• Research organizations in Orlando, Florida 11
• Research organizations in San Rafael, California 11
• Research organizations in Syracuse, New York 11
• Research organizations in Topeka, Kansas 11
• Research organizations in Waltham, Massachusetts 11
• Research organizations in Asheville, North Carolina 10
• Research organizations in Augusta, Maine 10
• Research organizations in Bellevue, Washington 10
• Research organizations in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 10
• Research organizations in Culver City, California 10
• Research organizations in Decatur, Georgia 10
• Research organizations in Greensboro, North Carolina 10
• Research organizations in Greenville, South Carolina 10