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 Housing Conference
  Research organization · Washington · nhc.org
• National Housing Endowment
  Research organization · Washington · nationalhousingendowment.org
• National Housing Trust
  Research organization · Washington · nationalhousingtrust.org
• National Humanities Center
  Research organization · Durham · nationalhumanitiescenter.org
• National Immigration Law Center
  Research organization · Los Angeles · nilc.org
• National Indian Education Association
  Research organization · Washington · niea.org
• National Information Standards Organization
  Research organization · Baltimore · niso.org
• National Institute for Children’s Health Quality
  Research organization · Boston · nichq.org
• National Institute for Health Care Management
  Research organization · Washington · nihcm.org
• National Institute for Health Care Reform
  Research organization · Auburn Hills · nihcr.org
• National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education
  Research organization · Minneapolis · nipte.org
• National Institute for Public Policy
  Research organization · Fairfax · nipp.org
• National Institute for Public Safety Health
  Research organization · Indianapolis · nipsh.org
• National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
  Research organization · Austin · nisod.org
• National Institute for the Psychotherapies
  Research organization · New York · nipinst.org
• National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences
  Research organization · Alameda · iwitts.org
• National Institute of Aerospace
  Research organization · Hampton · nianet.org
• National Institute of Building Sciences
  Research organization · Washington · nibs.org
• National Institute of Lymphology
  Research organization · Chicago · nilymph.com
• National Inventors Hall of Fame
  Research organization · North Canton · invent.org
• National Italian American Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · niaf.org
• National Japanese American Historical Society
  Research organization · San Francisco · njahs.org
• National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
  Research organization · New York · clal.org
• National Kidney Foundation
  Research organization · New York · kidney.org
• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
  Research organization · Annandale · nakasec.org
• National Laboratory for Education Transformation
  Research organization · Santa Clara · nlet.org
• National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children’s Foundation
  Research organization · New York · firstresponderkids.org
• National League for Nursing
  Research organization · Washington · nln.org
• National League of Cities
  Research organization · Washington · nlc.org
• National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  Research organization · Washington · nlada.org
• National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
  Research organization · Washington · nlgja.org
• National LGBT Cancer Network
  Research organization · New York · cancer-network.org
• National Lipid Association
  Research organization · Jacksonville · lipid.org
• National Lymphedema Network
  Research organization · Berkeley · lymphnet.org
• National Marine Life Center
  Research organization · Barnstable · nmlc.org
• National Marine Mammal Foundation
  Research organization · San Diego · nmmf.org
• National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
  Research organization · Silver Spring · nmsfocean.org
• National Maritime Center
  Research organization · Martinsburg · uscg.mil
• National Marrow Donor Program
  Research organization · Minneapolis · bethematch.org
• National Math and Science Initiative
  Research organization · Dallas · nms.org
• National Medical Association
  Research organization · Silver Spring · nmanet.org
• National Medical Fellowships
  Research organization · New York · nmfonline.org
• National Merit Scholarship Corporation
  Research organization · Evanston · nationalmerit.org
• National Minority AIDS Council
  Research organization · Washington · nmac.org
• National MPS Society
  Research organization · Durham · mpssociety.org
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  Research organization · New York · nationalmssociety.org
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
  Research organization · Washington · nmaahc.si.edu
• National Museum of African Art
  Research organization · Washington · nmafa.si.edu
• National Museum of American History
  Research organization · Washington · americanhistory.si.edu
• National Museum of Natural History
  Research organization · Washington · naturalhistory.si.edu
• National Museum of Play
  Research organization · Rochester · museumofplay.org
• National Museum of the American Indian
  Research organization · New York · nmai.si.edu
• National Network of Public Health Institutes
  Research organization · New Orleans · nnphi.org
• National Newspaper Publishers Association
  Research organization · Washington · nnpa.org
• National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
  Research organization · Fort Atkinson · nnpdf.org
• National Office of Samoan Affairs
  Research organization · Carson · officeofsamoanaffairs.org
• National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment
  Research organization · Kansas City · nocsae.org
• National Opinion Research Center
  Research organization · Chicago · norc.org
• National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum
  Research organization · Yorba Linda · nodcc.org
• National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation
  Research organization · Narberth · nohrfoundation.org
• National Organization for Rare Disorders
  Research organization · Danbury · rarediseases.org
• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
  Research organization · Pasadena · nobcche.org
• National Organizations for Youth Safety
  Research organization · Alexandria · noys.org
• National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
  Research organization · Dallas · ovarian.org
• National Palliative Care Research Center
  Research organization · New York · npcrc.org
• National Pancreas Foundation
  Research organization · Bethesda · pancreasfoundation.org
• National Park Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · nationalparks.org
• National Parkinson's Foundation
  Research organization · Dormant · Miami · parkinson.org
• National Parks Conservation Association
  Research organization · Washington · npca.org
• National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education
  Research organization · South Portland · nationalpete.org
• National Partnership for Women & Families
  Research organization · Washington · nationalpartnership.org
• National Patient Safety Foundation
  Research organization · Boston · npsf.org
• National Peace Corps Association
  Research organization · Washington · peacecorpsconnect.org
• National Peanut Board
  Research organization · Atlanta · nationalpeanutboard.org
• National Pecan Shellers Association
  Research organization · Atlanta · ilovepecans.org
• National Performance Network
  Research organization · New Orleans · npnweb.org
• National Perinatal Information Center
  Research organization · Providence · npic.org
• National Philanthropic Trust
  Research organization · Jenkintown · nptrust.org
• National Physician and Family Referral
  Research organization · Dallas · npfrproject.org
• National PKU Alliance
  Research organization · Tomahawk · npkua.org
• National Policing Institute
  Research organization · Washington · policinginstitute.org
• National Pork Producers Council
  Research organization · Washington · nppc.org
• National Portrait Gallery
  Research organization · Washington · npg.si.edu
• National Postal Museum
  Research organization · Washington · postalmuseum.si.edu
• National Postdoctoral Association
  Research organization · Washington · nationalpostdoc.org
• National Press Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · nationalpress.org
• National Psoriasis Foundation
  Research organization · Portland · psoriasis.org
• National Public Education Support Fund
  Research organization · Washington · npesf.org
• National Public Health Information Coalition
  Research organization · Marietta · nphic.org
• National Public Radio
  Research organization · Washington · npr.org
• National Quality Forum
  Research organization · Washington · qualityforum.org
• National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
  Research organization · Bethesda · nrmca.org
• National Recreation and Park Association
  Research organization · Ashburn · nrpa.org
• National Registry of Exonerations
  Research organization · Ann Arbor · law.umich.edu
• National Rehabilitation Association
  Research organization · Alexandria · nationalrehab.org
• National Religious Campaign Against Torture
  Research organization · Washington · nrcat.org
• National Research Institute
  Research organization · Los Angeles · nritrials.com
• National Retail Federation
  Research organization · Washington · nrf.com
• National Rifle Association of America
  Research organization · Fairfax · nra.org
• National Rosacea Society
  Research organization · Barrington · rosacea.org
• National Safety Council
  Research organization · Itasca · nsc.org
• National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation
  Research organization · Fort Lauderdale · savetheseaturtle.org
• National Science & Technology Education Partnership
  Research organization · Arlington · nationalstep.org
• National Science and Technology Medals Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · nationalmedals.org
• National Science Digital Library
  Research organization · Boulder · nsdl.oercommons.org
• National Science Teachers Association
  Research organization · Arlington · nsta.org
• National Sculpture Society
  Research organization · New York · nationalsculpture.org
• National Skills Coalition
  Research organization · Washington · nationalskillscoalition.org
• National Sleep Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · sleepfoundation.org
• National Snow and Ice Data Center
  Research organization · Boulder · nsidc.org
• National Society for Histotechnology
  Research organization · Columbia · nsh.org
• National Society of Black Engineers
  Research organization · Alexandria · nsbe.org
• National Society of Black Physicists
  Research organization · Arlington · nsbp.org
• National Society of Professional Engineers
  Research organization · Alexandria · nspe.org
• National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
  Research organization · Washington · nscda.org
• National Space Biomedical Research Institute
  Research organization · Houston · nsbri.org
• National Space Grant Alliance
  Research organization · Morgantown · spacegrantalliance.org
• National Space Grant Foundation
  Research organization · Washington · spacegrant.org
• National Speech and Debate Association
  Research organization · Ripon · speechanddebate.org
• National Speleological Society
  Research organization · Huntsville · caves.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