Research and Innovation Organizations
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The USA has plenty of opportunities for aspiring researchers and innovators. We recommend starting your search with these organizations, but this list is by no means exhaustive.
Index
Science Agencies
Top Research Universities
Science Parks
Science Agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
US Geological Survey (USGS)
Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Office of Naval Research
US Army Research Laboratory
Top Research Universities
Research 1 universities are universities that grant doctoral degrees and have the highest levels of research activities, according to the Carnegie Classification, and may be a good place to begin your search for a site to conduct your research.
Research Universities in the USA by State
Arizona
Arizona State University (Public)
University of Arizona (Public)
Arkansas
University of Arkansas (Public)
California
University of California, Berkeley (Public)
University of California, Davis (Public)
University of California, Irvine (Public)
University of California, Los Angeles (Public)
University of California, Riverside (Public)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Public)
University of California, Santa Cruz (Public)
California Institute of Technology (Private)
Stanford University (Private)
University of Southern California (Private)
Colorado
Colorado State University (Public)
University of Colorado Boulder (Public)
Connecticut
University of Connecticut (Public)
Yale University (Private)
Delaware
University of Delaware (Public)
Florida
Florida International University (Public)
Florida State University (Public)
University of Central Florida (Public)
University of Florida (Public)
University of South Florida (Public)
University of Miami (Public)
Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology (Public)
Georgia State University (Public)
University of Georgia (Public)
Emory University (Private)
Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Public)
Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago (Public)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Public)
Northwestern University (Private)
University of Chicago (Private)
Indiana
Indiana University Bloomington (Public)
Purdue University (Public)
University of Notre Dame (Private)
Iowa
Iowa State University (Public)
University of Iowa (Public)
Kansas
Kansas State University (Public)
University of Kansas (Public)
Kentucky
University of Kentucky (Public)
University of Louisville (Public)
Louisiana
Louisiana State University (Public)
Tulane University (Private)
Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park (Public)
Johns Hopkins University (Private)
Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Public)
Boston College (Private)
Boston University (Private)
Brandeis University (Private)
Harvard University (Private)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Private)
Northeastern University (Private)
Tufts University (Private)
Michigan
Michigan State University (Public)
University of Michigan (Public)
Wayne State University (Public)
Minnesota
University of Minnesota (Public)
Mississippi
University of Mississippi (Public)
Missouri
University of Missouri (Public)
Washington University in St. Louis (Private)
Nebraska
University of Nebraska—Lincoln (Public)
New Jersey
Rutgers University—New Brunswick (Public)
Princeton University (Private)
New Mexico
University of New Mexico (Public)
New York
CUNY Graduate School and University Center (Public)
Stony Brook University, SUNY (Public)
University at Albany, SUNY (Public)
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Public)
Columbia University (Private)
Cornell University (Private)
New York University (Private)
Syracuse University (Private)
University of Rochester (Private)
North Carolina
North Carolina State University (Public)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Public)
Duke University (Private)
Ohio
Ohio State University (Public)
University of Cincinnati (Public)
Case Western Reserve University (Private)
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma (Public)
Oregon
Oregon State University (Public)
University of Oregon (Public)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University (Public)
Temple University (Public)
University of Pittsburgh (Public)
Carnegie Mellon University (Private)
University of Pennsylvania (Private)
Rhode Island
Brown University (Private)
South Carolina
Clemson University (Public)
University of South Carolina (Public)
Tennessee
University of Tennessee (Public)
Vanderbilt University (Private)
Texas
Texas A&M University (Public)
Texas Tech University (Public)
University of Houston (Public)
University of North Texas (Public)
University of Texas at Arlington (Public)
University of Texas at Austin (Public)
University of Texas at Dallas (Public)
Rice University (Private)
Utah
University of Utah (Public)
Virginia
George Mason University (Public)
University of Virginia (Public)
Virginia Commonwealth University (Public)
Virginia Tech (Public)
Washington
University of Washington (Public)
Washington State University (Public)
West Virginia
West Virginia University (Public)
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin—Madison (Public)
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (Public)
Washington, D.C.
George Washington University (Private)
Georgetown University (Private)
Science Parks
In addition to the above institutions, the USA is also home to many science parks. A list of them can be found here.