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

• National Academy of Education
  Research organization · Washington · naeducation.org
• National Academy of Engineering
  Research organization · Washington · nae.edu
• National Academy of Inventors
  Research organization · Tampa · academyofinventors.org
• National Academy of Kinesiology
  Research organization · Champaign · nationalacademyofkinesiology.org
• National Academy of Medicine
  Research organization · Washington · iom.nationalacademies.org
• National Academy of Neuropsychology
  Research organization · Denver · nanonline.org
• National Academy of Public Administration
  Research organization · Washington · napawash.org
• National Academy of Sciences
  Research organization · Washington · nasonline.org
• National Academy of Social Insurance
  Research organization · Washington · nasi.org
• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
  Research organization · White Plains · nacme.org
• National Advocates for Pregnant Women
  Research organization · New York · advocatesforpregnantwomen.org
• National Agricultural Genotyping Center
  Research organization · Fargo · genotypingcenter.com
• National Agriculture in the Classroom
  Research organization · Logan · agclassroom.org
• National Aids Education and Services for Minorities
  Research organization · Atlanta · naesm.org
• National AIDS Housing Coalition
  Research organization · Washington · nationalaidshousing.org
• National Air and Space Museum
  Research organization · Washington · airandspace.si.edu
• National Alliance against Disparities in Patient Health
  Research organization · Richmond · nadph.org
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
  Research organization · Washington · hispanichealth.org
• National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery
  Research organization · New York · methadone.org
• National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
  Research organization · Gap · napequity.org
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
  Research organization · Washington · nastad.org
• National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions
  Research organization · Los Angeles · naspcc.org
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
  Research organization · Baltimore · nami.org
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
  Research organization · Washington · endhomelessness.org
• National Alopecia Areata Foundation
  Research organization · San Rafael · naaf.org
• National Ambucs
  Research organization · Greensboro · ambucs.org
• National Aphasia Association
  Research organization · New York · aphasia.org
• National Aquarium
  Research organization · Baltimore · aqua.org
• National Archives and Records Administration
  Research organization · Washington · archives.gov
• National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
  Research organization · Los Angeles · napafasa.org
• National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
  Research organization · Belmont · naasr.org
• National Association for Black Veterans
  Research organization · Fayetteville · nabvets.org
• National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
  Research organization · Washington · nafeonation.org
• National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders
  Research organization · San Antonio · nalcab.org
• National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
  Research organization · Washington · naphsis.org
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  Research organization · Baltimore · naacp.org
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  Research organization · Washington · naeyc.org
• National Association for the Self-Employed
  Research organization · Annapolis · nase.org
• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
  Research organization · Washington · n4a.org
• National Association of Biology Teachers
  Research organization · Reston · nabt.org
• National Association of Broadcasters
  Research organization · Washington · nab.org
• National Association of Chain Drug Stores
  Research organization · Alexandria · nacds.org
• National Association of Charter School Authorizers
  Research organization · Chicago · qualitycharters.org
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
  Research organization · Atlanta · chronicdisease.org
• National Association of College and University Business Officers
  Research organization · Washington · nacubo.org
• National Association of Community Health Centers
  Research organization · Bethesda · nachc.org
• National Association of Community Health Representatives
  Research organization · Anadarko · nachr.net
• National Association of Conservation Districts
  Research organization · Washington · nacdnet.org
• National Association of Counties
  Research organization · Washington · naco.org
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
  Research organization · Washington · naccho.org
• National Association of Drug Court Professionals
  Research organization · Alexandria · nadcp.org
• National Association of E. E. Smith Alumni and Friends
  Research organization · Fayetteville · eesmithalumni.org
• National Association of Eco-Friendly Salons and Spas
  Research organization · Lansing · naefss.org
• National Association of Extension 4-H Agents
  Research organization · Boca Raton · nae4ha.com
• National Association of Health Data Organizations
  Research organization · Salt Lake City · nahdo.org
• National Association of Hispanic Nurses
  Research organization · Raleigh · nahnnet.org
• National Association of Home Builders
  Research organization · Washington · nahb.org
• National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
  Research organization · Washington · naicu.edu
• National Association of Local Boards of Health
  Research organization · Bowling Green · nalboh.org
• National Association of Medicaid Directors
  Research organization · Washington · medicaiddirectors.org
• National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
  Research organization · Chicago · orthonurse.org
• National Association of Realtors
  Research organization · Chicago · nar.realtor
• National Association of Scholars
  Research organization · New York · nas.org
• National Association of School Nurses
  Research organization · Silver Spring · nasn.org
• National Association of School Psychologists
  Research organization · Bethesda · nasponline.org
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
  Research organization · Reston · nassp.org
• National Association of Social Workers
  Research organization · Washington · socialworkers.org
• National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
  Research organization · Washington · nasadad.org
• National Association of State Boards of Education
  Research organization · Arlington · nasbe.org
• National Association of State Budget Officers
  Research organization · Washington · nasbo.org
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
  Research organization · Alexandria · nasmhpd.org
• National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
  Research organization · Washington · nasfaa.org
• National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc
  Research organization · Jacksonville · nats.org
• National Association of Team Survivor
  Research organization · Santa Monica · teamsurvivor.org
• National Association of Television Program Executives Educational Foundation
  Research organization · Los Angeles · natpe.com
• National Association of the Deaf
  Research organization · Silver Spring · nad.org
• National Association of Women Judges
  Research organization · Washington · nawj.org
• National Association on Drug Abuse Problems
  Research organization · New York · nadap.org
• National Ataxia Foundation
  Research organization · Minneapolis · ataxia.org
• National Athletic Trainers Association
  Research organization · Carrollton · nata.org
• National Audubon Society
  Research organization · New York · audubon.org
• National Autism Association
  Research organization · Portsmouth · nationalautismassociation.org
• National Basketball Association
  Research organization · New York · nba.com
• National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
  Research organization · Manhattan · usda.gov
• National Biodiesel Board
  Research organization · Jefferson City · nbb.org
• National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
  Research organization · Raleigh · nbaslh.org
• National Black Graduate Student Association
  Research organization · Washington · mynbgsa.org
• National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
  Research organization · New York · nblca.org
• National Blood Clot Alliance
  Research organization · Rockville · stoptheclot.org
• National Board for Certified Counselors
  Research organization · Greensboro · nbcc.org
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
  Research organization · Arlington · nbpts.org
• National Board of Medical Examiners
  Research organization · Philadelphia · nbme.org
• National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
  Research organization · Southfield · nbmtlink.org
• National Book Critics Circle
  Research organization · New York · bookcritics.org
• National Book Foundation
  Research organization · New York · nationalbook.org
• National Brain Tumor Society
  Research organization · San Francisco · braintumor.org
• National Bureau of Economic Research
  Research organization · Cambridge · nber.org
• National Business Group on Health
  Research organization · Washington · businessgrouphealth.org
• National Cancer Center
  Research organization · Plainview · nationalcancercenter.org
• National Cancer Coalition
  Research organization · New Orleans · nationalcancercoalition.org
• National Cancer Registrars Association
  Research organization · Alexandria · ncra-usa.org
• National Capital Baptist Convention
  Research organization · Washington · nationalcapitalbaptistdc.org
• National Captioning Institute
  Research organization · Chantilly · ncicap.org
• National Catholic Educational Association
  Research organization · Arlington · ncea.org
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
  Research organization · Centennial · beefusa.org
• National Center for Appropriate Technology
  Research organization · Butte · ncat.org
• National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
  Research organization · Santa Barbara · nceas.ucsb.edu
• National Center for Genome Resources
  Research organization · Santa Fe · ncgr.org
• National Center for Health Research
  Research organization · Washington · center4research.org
• National Center for Health Statistics
  Research organization · Hyattsville · cdc.gov
• National Center for Healthy Housing
  Research organization · Columbia · nchh.org
• National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
  Research organization · Boulder · nchems.org
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  Research organization · Atlanta · cdc.gov
• National Center for Jewish Film
  Research organization · Waltham · jewishfilm.org
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  Research organization · New York · ncld.org
• National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
  Research organization · Ann Arbor · ncms.org
• National Center for PTSD
  Research organization · Honolulu · ptsd.va.gov
• National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
  Research organization · San Jose · highereducation.org
• National Center for State Courts
  Research organization · Williamsburg · ncsc.org
• National Center for Sustainable Transportation
  Research organization · Davis · ncst.ucdavis.edu

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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