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

• Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation
  Research organization · Wilmington
• Mercy's Wing Foundation
  Research organization · Durham
• Metal Casting Center
  Research organization · Cedar Falls
• Monroe Center
  Research organization · Closed · Monroe
• MPC Corporation
  Research organization · Pittsburgh
• National Ag-Based Lubricants Center
  Research organization · Cedar Falls
• National Center for Addiction Studies and Treatment (NCAST), formerly National Center for Wellness and Recovery
  Research organization · Tulsa
• National Centers for Animal Health
  Research organization · Ames
• National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care
  Research organization · Pittsburgh
• National Foundation for Jewish Culture
  Research organization · New York
• National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab
  Research organization · Washington
• National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR)
  Research organization · Wichita
• National Institute for Materials Advancement
  Research organization · Pittsburg
• National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA) at Pittsburg State University
  Research organization · Pittsburg
• National Latino Cosmetology Association
  Research organization · Closed · Las Vegas
• National Radio Theater
  Research organization · Chicago
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  Research organization · Golden
• National Veterinary Services Laboratories
  Research organization · Ames
• National Weather Center (NWC)
  Research organization · Norman
• Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
  Research organization · Dahlgren
• Nebraska Educational Biomedical Research Association
  Research organization · Omaha
• Negaunee Foundation
  Research organization · Northbrook
• NIAR Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS)
  Research organization · Wichita
• Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
  Research organization · San Francisco
• North County Serenity House
  Research organization · Closed · Escondido
• Offield Family Foundation
  Research organization · Chicago
• Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE)
  Research organization · Stillwater
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey / Oklahoma Mesonet
  Research organization · Norman
• Oklahoma Clinical and Translational Science Institute (OCTSI)
  Research organization · Oklahoma City
• Operation Opportunity Foundation
  Research organization · Decatur
• Operations Technology Development NFP
  Research organization · Des Plaines
• Pacific Medical Research Foundation
  Research organization · Palo Alto
• Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research
  Research organization · Davenport
• Panhandle Plains Historical Society
  Research organization · Closed · Canyon
• Parents With A Purpose
  Research organization · Harvey
• Paul & Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology
  Research organization · Charlottesville
• Physicians Committee
  Research organization · Closed · Washington
• Plant Introduction Research Unit
  Research organization · Ames
• PNA Center for Neurological Research
  Research organization · Phoenix
• Polistes Foundation
  Research organization · Belmont
• Prairie Biotic Research
  Research organization · Madison
• Pressing On
  Research organization · San Antonio
• Prevention Research Center
  Research organization · Closed · Oakland
• Progressive Foundation
  Research organization · San Francisco
• Project Walk Orlando
  Research organization · Longwood
• Project Walk-Austin
  Research organization · Austin
• Prostate Cancer Prevention Foundation
  Research organization · Sarasota
• Raising Spirits Foundation
  Research organization · Downers Grove
• Rebuilding All Goals Efficiently
  Research organization · Las Vegas
• Research Center for Farming Innovation
  Research organization · Ankeny
• Rhode Island Cancer Council
  Research organization · Pawtucket
• Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation
  Research organization · Bethesda
• Sacred Space Foundation
  Research organization · Cumberland
• Schlinger Foundation
  Research organization · Santa Barbara
• Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Global Center for Pathogen & Human Health Research
  Research organization · Cleveland
• Sherman Fairchild Foundation
  Research organization · Chevy Chase
• SIUE Center for Sustainable Communities and Entrepreneurship
  Research organization · Edwardsville
• Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy
  Research organization · Cherry Hill
• Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Solar System Science & Exploration Division
  Research organization · Boulder
• Spinal Cord Injury Network
  Research organization · Silver Spring
• StarRecreation
  Research organization · Greenville
• Stay in the Shade
  Research organization · Ann Arbor
• Susan Cohan Colon Cancer Foundation
  Research organization · Baltimore
• Susan G Komen Southern Arizona
  Research organization · Closed · Tucson
• Susan G Komen Utah
  Research organization · Closed · Salt Lake City
• TB HIV Care Association
  Research organization · Closed · Hanover Park
• Technological Assistance Institute for Intellectual Disability
  Research organization · Eugene
• Ted Nash Long Life Foundation
  Research organization · Waco
• Texas Epilepsy Group
  Research organization · Closed · Dallas
• Texas Partnership for End-of-Life Care
  Research organization · Austin
• The Beautiful Gate
  Research organization · Miami
• The CART Fund
  Research organization · Sumter
• The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation
  Research organization · San Antonio
• Thousand Waves Foundation
  Research organization · Chicago
• Three Village Garden Club
  Research organization · Setauket-East Setauket
• Thrive Together
  Research organization · Boston
• UCO W. Roger Webb Forensic Science Institute
  Research organization · Edmond
• UNC Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
  Research organization · Greeley
• University Heights, Newark
  Research organization · Closed · Newark
• University of Dayton Research Institute
  Research organization · Dayton
• University Park Pathology Associates
  Research organization · Urbana
• University Physicians
  Research organization · Aurora
• USDA ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research
  Research organization · Manhattan
• USDA ARS Sugarcane Field Station
  Research organization · Canal Point
• W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center
  Research organization · Lake Placid
• Western Consortium for Public Health
  Research organization · Berkeley
• Weston Havens Foundation
  Research organization · San Francisco
• Wheat Genetics Resource Center
  Research organization · Manhattan
• Wilderness Matters
  Research organization · Oklahoma City
• William & Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation
  Research organization · San Antonio
• William Hill Manor
  Research organization · Easton
• Wings Cancer Foundation
  Research organization · Memphis
• Winslow Foundation
  Research organization · Wilmington
• Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation
  Research organization · West Conshohocken
• Women's Oncology Research and Dialogue
  Research organization · Indianapolis
• Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation
  Research organization · Corvallis
• Wounded Artist Project
  Research organization · Farmington Hills
• WSU Public Policy and Management Center
  Research organization · Wichita
• YSU Excellence Training Center
  Research organization · Youngstown

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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