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.

See the United States on the IEPA ↗

10,299 research organizations

• American Genetic Association
  Research organization · West Palm Beach · theaga.org
• American Geographical Society
  Research organization · New York · americangeo.org
• American Geophysical Union
  Research organization · Washington · sites.agu.org
• American Geosciences Institute
  Research organization · Alexandria · agiweb.org
• American Geriatrics Society
  Research organization · New York · americangeriatrics.org
• American Glaucoma Society
  Research organization · San Francisco · americanglaucomasociety.net
• American Guild of Organists
  Research organization · New York · agohq.org
• American Hand Therapy Foundation
  Research organization · Lexington · ahtf.org
• American Head & Neck Society
  Research organization · Los Angeles · ahns.info
• American Headache Society
  Research organization · Woodbury · americanheadachesociety.org
• American Health Care Association
  Research organization · Washington · ahcancal.org
• American Health Foundation
  Research organization · Dublin · ahfohio.com
• American Health Quality Association
  Research organization · McLean · ahqa.org
• American Healthcare Professionals and Friends for Medicine in Israel
  Research organization · Boston · apfmed.org
• American Hearing Research Foundation
  Research organization · Chicago · american-hearing.org
• American Heart Association
  Research organization · Dallas · heart.org
• American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
  Research organization · Washington · ahepa.org
• American Himalayan Foundation
  Research organization · San Francisco · himalayan-foundation.org
• American Hip Institute
  Research organization · Westmont · americanhipinstitute.org
• American Historical Association
  Research organization · Washington · historians.org
• American Holistic Nurses Association
  Research organization · Topeka · ahna.org
• American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
  Research organization · Fayetteville · ahvma.org
• American Hotel & Lodging Association
  Research organization · Washington · ahla.com
• American Hungarian Foundation
  Research organization · New Brunswick · ahfoundation.org
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
  Research organization · Washington · aila.org
• American India Foundation
  Research organization · New York · aif.org
• American Indian Cancer Foundation
  Research organization · Minneapolis · americanindiancancer.org
• American Indian Center
  Research organization · Chicago · aic-chicago.org
• American Indian College Fund
  Research organization · Denver · collegefund.org
• American Indian Development Associates
  Research organization · Albuquerque · aidainc.net
• American Indian Higher Education Consortium
  Research organization · Alexandria · aihec.org
• American Indian Institute
  Research organization · Bozeman · twocircles.org
• American Indian Law Alliance
  Research organization · Liverpool · aila.ngo
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
  Research organization · Albuquerque · aises.org
• American Institute for Afghanistan Studies
  Research organization · Boston · afghan-institute.org
• American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology
  Research organization · Vista · aibrt.org
• American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
  Research organization · Washington · aicgs.org
• American Institute for Economic Research
  Research organization · Great Barrington · aier.org
• American Institute for Maghrib Studies
  Research organization · Tucson · aimsnorthafrica.org
• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  Research organization · Washington · aimbe.org
• American Institute for Psychoanalysis
  Research organization · New York · aipnyc.org
• American Institute for Yemeni Studies
  Research organization · Ardmore · aiys.org
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  Research organization · Reston · aiaa.org
• American Institute of Architects
  Research organization · Washington · aia.org
• American Institute of Architecture Students
  Research organization · Washington · aias.org
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
  Research organization · McLean · aibs.org
• American Institute of Bisexuality
  Research organization · Los Angeles · bisexuality.org
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  Research organization · New York · aicpa.org
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  Research organization · New York · aiche.org
• American Institute of Chemists
  Research organization · Philadelphia · theaic.org
• American Institute of Hydrology
  Research organization · Carbondale · aihydrology.org
• American Institute of Indian Studies
  Research organization · Chicago · indiastudies.org
• American Institute of Iranian Studies
  Research organization · New York · simorgh-aiis.org
• American Institute of Mathematics
  Research organization · Pasadena · aimath.org
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
  Research organization · Englewood · aimehq.org
• American Institute of Physics
  Research organization · College Park · aip.org
• American Institute of Professional Geologists
  Research organization · Thornton · aipg.org
• American Institute of Steel Construction
  Research organization · Chicago · aisc.org
• American Institute of Taxidermy
  Research organization · Eagle River · americaninstituteoftaxidermy.com
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
  Research organization · Laurel · aium.org
• American Institutes for Research
  Research organization · Alexandria · air.org
• American International Health Alliance
  Research organization · Washington · aiha.com
• American Iron and Steel Institute
  Research organization · Washington · steel.org
• American Islamic Congress
  Research organization · Washington · aicongress.org
• American Italian Cancer Foundation
  Research organization · New York · americanitaliancancer.org
• American Jazz Institute
  Research organization · Pasadena · amjazzin.com
• American Jewish Archives
  Research organization · Cincinnati · americanjewisharchives.org
• American Jewish Committee
  Research organization · New York · ajc.org
• American Jewish Historical Society
  Research organization · Manhattan · ajhs.org
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  Research organization · New York · jdc.org
• American Jewish World Service
  Research organization · New York · ajws.org
• American Joint Replacement Registry
  Research organization · Rosemont · ajrr.net
• American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation
  Research organization · Raleigh · akcchf.org
• American Laryngological Association
  Research organization · Nashville · alahns.org
• American Legion of Iowa Foundation
  Research organization · Des Moines · ialegion.org
• American Leprosy Missions
  Research organization · Greenville · leprosy.org
• American Library Association
  Research organization · Chicago · ala.org
• American Littoral Society
  Research organization · Highlands · littoralsociety.org
• American Liver Foundation
  Research organization · New York · liverfoundation.org
• American Lung Association
  Research organization · Chicago · lung.org
• American Macular Degeneration Foundation
  Research organization · Northampton · macular.org
• American Malacological Society
  Research organization · Honolulu · malacological.org
• American Malting Barley Association
  Research organization · Milwaukee · ambainc.org
• American Mandarin Society
  Research organization · Alexandria · mandarinsociety.org
• American Marketing Association
  Research organization · Chicago · ama.org
• American Mathematical Society
  Research organization · Providence · ams.org
• American MedChem
  Research organization · Salt Lake City · americanmedchem.org
• American Medical Association
  Research organization · Chicago · ama-assn.org
• American Medical Group Association
  Research organization · Alexandria · amga.org
• American Medical Informatics Association
  Research organization · Bethesda · amia.org
• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
  Research organization · Leawood · amssm.org
• American Medical Student Association
  Research organization · Sterling · amsa.org
• American Medical Women's Association
  Research organization · Reston · amwa-doc.org
• American Medical Writers Association
  Research organization · Rockville · amwa.org
• American Meteorological Society
  Research organization · Boston · ametsoc.org
• American Microscopical Society
  Research organization · Decatur · amicros.org
• American Migraine Foundation
  Research organization · New York · americanmigrainefoundation.org
• American Mosquito Control Association
  Research organization · New Brunswick · mosquito.org
• American Museum of Natural History
  Research organization · New York · amnh.org
• American Music Therapy Association
  Research organization · Silver Spring · musictherapy.org
• American Musicological Society
  Research organization · New York · amsmusicology.org
• American National Standards Institute
  Research organization · Washington · ansi.org
• American Nephrology Nurses Association
  Research organization · Pitman · annanurse.org
• American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society
  Research organization · Belleville · motilitysociety.org
• American Neurotology Society
  Research organization · Chicago · americanneurotologysociety.com
• American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
  Research organization · Berkeley · anrf.org
• American Nuclear Society
  Research organization · La Grange Park · ans.org
• American Numismatic Society
  Research organization · New York · numismatics.org
• American Nurses Association
  Research organization · Silver Spring · nursingworld.org
• American Nurses Credentialing Center
  Research organization · Silver Spring · nursecredentialing.org
• American Nursing Informatics Association
  Research organization · Sewell · ania.org
• American Occupational Therapy Association
  Research organization · Bethesda · aota.org
• American Occupational Therapy Foundation
  Research organization · Bethesda · aotf.org
• American Oil Chemists Society
  Research organization · Urbana · aocs.org
• American Olive Oil Producers Association
  Research organization · Clovis · aoopa.org
• American Optometric Association
  Research organization · St Louis · aoa.org
• American Orchid Society
  Research organization · Coral Gables · aos.org
• American Oriental Society
  Research organization · Ann Arbor · americanorientalsociety.org
• American Ornithological Society
  Research organization · Chicago · americanornithology.org
• American Orthopaedic Association
  Research organization · Rosemont · aoassn.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