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

• American Association of University Professors
  Research organization · Washington · aaup.org
• American Association of University Women
  Research organization · Washington · aauw.org
• American Association of Variable Star Observers
  Research organization · Cambridge · aavso.org
• American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
  Research organization · Yulee · aazv.org
• American Association on Health and Disability
  Research organization · Rockville · aahd.us
• American Asthma Foundation
  Research organization · San Francisco · americanasthmafoundation.org
• American Astronautical Society
  Research organization · Springfield · astronautical.org
• American Astronomical Society
  Research organization · Washington · aas.org
• American Australian Association
  Research organization · New York · americanaustralian.org
• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
  Research organization · Eastpointe · aarda.org
• American Automatic Control Council
  Research organization · Seattle · a2c2.org
• American Bankers Association
  Research organization · Washington · aba.com
• American Bar Association
  Research organization · Chicago · americanbar.org
• American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
  Research organization · Chicago · americanbar.org
• American Bar Foundation
  Research organization · Chicago · americanbarfoundation.org
• American Beverage Association
  Research organization · Washington · ameribev.org
• American Bible Society
  Research organization · Philadelphia · americanbible.org
• American Bird Conservancy
  Research organization · The Plains · abcbirds.org
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
  Research organization · East Lansing · abem.org
• American Board of Family Medicine Foundation
  Research organization · Lexington · abfmfoundation.org
• American Board of Internal Medicine
  Research organization · Philadelphia · abim.org
• American Board of Medical Specialties
  Research organization · Chicago · abms.org
• American Board of Nuclear Medicine
  Research organization · St Louis · abnm.org
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Research organization · Chapel Hill · abos.org
• American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
  Research organization · Gainesville · abvp.com
• American Bowen Academy
  Research organization · Dewey-Humboldt · americanbowen.academy
• American Brain Foundation
  Research organization · Minneapolis · americanbrainfoundation.org
• American Brain Tumor Association
  Research organization · Chicago · abta.org
• American Breast Cancer Foundation
  Research organization · Columbia · abcf.org
• American Bryological and Lichenological Society
  Research organization · Berkeley · abls.org
• American Bureau of Shipping
  Research organization · Houston · ww2.eagle.org
• American Burn Association
  Research organization · Chicago · ameriburn.org
• American Cancer Society
  Research organization · Atlanta · cancer.org
• American Center of Oriental Research
  Research organization · Alexandria · acorjordan.org
• American Ceramic Society
  Research organization · Westerville · ceramics.org
• American Chemical Society
  Research organization · Washington · acs.org
• American Childhood Cancer Organization
  Research organization · Kensington · acco.org
• American Chronic Pain Association
  Research organization · Overland Park · acpanow.com
• American Civil Liberties Union
  Research organization · New York · aclu.org
• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
  Research organization · Chapel Hill · acpa-cpf.org
• American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
  Research organization · Milwaukee · acns.org
• American College Health Foundation
  Research organization · Silver Spring · acha.org
• American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  Research organization · Arlington Heights · acaai.org
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy
  Research organization · Lenexa · accp.com
• American College of Emergency Physicians
  Research organization · Irving · acep.org
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
  Research organization · Chicago · acfas.org
• American College of Healthcare Executives
  Research organization · Chicago · ache.org
• American College of Medical Toxicology
  Research organization · Phoenix · acmt.net
• American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
  Research organization · Brentwood · acnp.org
• American College of Nurse-Midwives
  Research organization · Silver Spring · midwife.org
• American College of Phlebology
  Research organization · San Leandro · phlebology.org
• American College of Physicians
  Research organization · Philadelphia · acponline.org
• American College of Psychiatrists
  Research organization · Chicago · acpsych.org
• American College of Radiology
  Research organization · Reston · acr.org
• American College of Radiology Imaging Network
  Research organization · Philadelphia · acrin.org
• American College of Rheumatology
  Research organization · Atlanta · rheumatology.org
• American College of Surgeons
  Research organization · Chicago · facs.org
• American College of Theriogenologists
  Research organization · Alabama · theriogenology.org
• American College of Toxicology
  Research organization · Reston · actox.org
• American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  Research organization · Lakewood · acvim.org
• American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Foundation
  Research organization · Lakewood · acvimfoundation.org
• American College of Veterinary Pathologists
  Research organization · Madison · acvp.org
• American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
  Research organization · New York · weizmann-usa.org
• American Comparative Literature Association
  Research organization · Columbia · acla.org
• American Concrete Institute
  Research organization · Farmington Hills · concrete.org
• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
  Research organization · Cincinnati · acgih.org
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  Research organization · Washington · acog.org
• American Conservatory Theater
  Research organization · San Francisco · act-sf.org
• American Contact Dermatitis Society
  Research organization · Bunnell · contactderm.org
• American Correctional Association
  Research organization · Alexandria · aca.org
• American Council for Southern Asian Art
  Research organization · Ann Arbor · acsaa.us
• American Council of Learned Societies
  Research organization · New York · acls.org
• American Council on Education
  Research organization · Washington · acenet.edu
• American Council on Exercise
  Research organization · San Diego · acefitness.org
• American Council on Germany
  Research organization · New York · acgusa.org
• American Councils for International Education
  Research organization · Washington · americancouncils.org
• American Counseling Association
  Research organization · Alexandria · counseling.org
• American Cryonics Society
  Research organization · Sunnyvale · americancryonics.org
• American Crystallographic Association
  Research organization · Buffalo · amercrystalassn.org
• American Dairy Science Association
  Research organization · Champaign · adsa.org
• American Dental Association
  Research organization · Chicago · ada.org
• American Dental Education Association
  Research organization · Washington · adea.org
• American Dental Hygienists' Association
  Research organization · Chicago · adha.org
• American Diabetes Association
  Research organization · Arlington · diabetes.org
• American Distance Education Consortium
  Research organization · Lincoln · adec.edu
• American Dysautonomia Institute
  Research organization · Detroit · adiwebsite.org
• American Economic Association
  Research organization · Nashville · aeaweb.org
• American Educational Research Association
  Research organization · Washington · aera.net
• American Enterprise Institute
  Research organization · Washington · aei.org
• American Entomological Institute
  Research organization · Gainesville · amentinst.org
• American Epilepsy Society
  Research organization · Chicago · aesnet.org
• American Evaluation Association
  Research organization · Washington · eval.org
• American Farm Bureau Federation
  Research organization · Washington · fb.org
• American Farmland Trust
  Research organization · Washington · farmland.org
• American Federation for Aging Research
  Research organization · New York · afar.org
• American Federation of Arts
  Research organization · New York · afaweb.org
• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
  Research organization · Washington · aflcio.org
• American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
  Research organization · Baltimore · amfed.org
• American Federation of School Administrators
  Research organization · Washington · theschoolleader.org
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
  Research organization · Washington · afscme.org
• American Federation of Teachers
  Research organization · Washington · aft.org
• American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association
  Research organization · Tucson · afsafund.org
• American Fidelity Foundation
  Research organization · Oklahoma City · americanfidelityfoundation.org
• American Field Epidemiology Association
  Research organization · Little Rock · fieldepidemiology.org
• American Film Institute
  Research organization · Los Angeles · afi.com
• American Fisheries Society
  Research organization · Bethesda · fisheries.org
• American Floral Endowment
  Research organization · Alexandria · endowment.org
• American Folklore Society
  Research organization · Columbus · afsnet.org
• American Foundation for Addiction Research
  Research organization · Carefree · addictionresearch.com
• American Foundation for AIDS Research
  Research organization · New York · amfar.org
• American Foundation for Children with AIDS
  Research organization · Harrisburg · helpchildrenwithaids.org
• American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation
  Research organization · Richmond · amfdt.org
• American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education
  Research organization · Alexandria · afpenet.org
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  Research organization · New York · afsp.org
• American Foundation for the Blind
  Research organization · New York · afb.org
• American Foundry Society
  Research organization · Schaumburg · afsinc.org
• American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · americanfriendsofavh.org
• American Friends of the Hebrew University
  Research organization · New York · afhu.org
• American Friends Service Committee
  Research organization · Philadelphia · afsc.org
• American Gastroenterological Association
  Research organization · Bethesda · gastro.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