US Research Institutes

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US research organizations are recognized internationally for their excellent infrastructure as well high academic standards.

The US government actively supports research and development through the various research institutes of the country, which attract some of the best brains from across the world. Groundbreaking discoveries are regularly arrived at by the scholars, students and researchers who work in the various research institutes of the US. Some of the best research institutes of the US are publicly funded, although there are quite a few excellent research centers and laboratories that are privately funded as well.

Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology or Georgia Tech, located at Atlanta in Georgia, is one of the premier research universities of America. This university provides research opportunities in the following fields:

  • Engineering
  • Sciences
  • Computing
  • Management
  • Architecture

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is committed towards promoting research in various significant and relevant fields of social and human sciences. All the research departments of Georgia Tech are committed towards serving humanity in a meaningful way, ultimately leading up to its betterment through use of research discoveries.

Nanoscale Science Research Centers
Nanoscale Science Research Centers are directly under the supervision of the US Department of Energy. This center runs a number of institutes and that are devoted to various disciplines of nanotechnology. Nanophase material sciences as well as Molecular sciences, related to subjects like genome technology, are covered by these centers.

The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories
These laboratories are some of the best in the US, and are directly under governance of the US Department of Energy (DOE). Most of these laboratories are funded by the US federal government. Some of the most prestigious researches conducted for maintenance of national interest are carried out in these research centers. These laboratories are staffed, administered and operated by academic universities as well as private corporations under contract to the DOE.

Apart from the above research institutes, there are a number of other research centers in the US dealing with a wide range of topics from various branches of pure and applied science to linguistics, fashion and various branches of humanities. Some of the main research institutes of the US are:

  • Battelle Memorial Institute
  • CIMSS
  • Burnham Institute for Medical Research
  • CCRMA
  • Center for American Archeology
  • Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
  • Center for Creative Photography
  • Center for International Political Analysis
  • Controlled Environment Agriculture Center
  • Florida Space Research Institute
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Emory Brand Institute
  • Energy Biosciences Institute
  • Advanced Highway Maintenance Construction Technology Research Laboratory
  • Florida Environmental Research Institute
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Frontier Organic Research Farm Botanical Garden
  • GVU Center
  • Gemological Institute of America
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Getty Center
  • Glenn Research Center
  • Guttmacher Institute
  • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  • House Ear Institute
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • IBM New York Scientific Center
  • Information Sciences Institute
  • Jisan research institute
  • John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy
  • Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
  • Justsystem Pittsburgh Research Center
  • Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • Lahey Clinic
  • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  • Institute for Global Innovation Management
  • Integrated Media Systems Center
  • MDRC
  • MIND Institute
  • MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  • MacroCenter
  • Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
  • Monell Chemical Senses Center
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  • New England Complex Systems Institute
  • Oregon Forest Resources Institute
  • Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
  • PRBO Conservation Science
  • Nevis Laboratories
  • New Alchemy Institute
  • Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study

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