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Top 11 Academic research centers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 349 company matches for academic research centers associated with the United States as of November 2026 and tracks 28,561 professional contacts across them, including 8,700 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for academic research centers associated with the United States, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

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How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Nov 6, 2026 How this list was built
349Companies
28,561Contacts tracked
8,700Verified emails
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The 11 largest academic research centers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 11 of 349 company matches for academic research centers based in the United States, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000300 contacts →

Exact match

“The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit research organization dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.”

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2Exact matchWashington, DC, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5036 contacts →

Exact match

“AUTM is the nonprofit leader in efforts to educate, promote and inspire professionals – throughout their careers – to support the development of academic research that changes the…”

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3Exact matchAlbuquerque, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1022 contacts →

Exact match

“COSMIAC proudly serves as a Tier-2 Research Center under the School of Engineering at The University of New Mexico.”

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4Exact matchCharlottesville, VA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1016 contacts →

Exact match

“The Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture is an interdisciplinary research center and intellectual community at the University of Virginia committed to understanding…”

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5Exact matchWashington, DC, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1010 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1981, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private nonprofit federation of independent overseas research centers (ORCs) that promote advanced…”

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6Exact matchBossier City, LA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-108 contacts →

Exact match

“The Louisiana Tech Research Institute (LTRI) is a Louisiana Tech University center of excellence that provides preeminent interdisciplinary research and integrated education…”

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7Exact matchAustin, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-505 contacts →

Exact match

“Based at UT Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Ray Marshall Center identifies and fosters creative solutions to poverty by addressing challenging education, workforce, and…”

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8Exact matchCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-504 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2005, the Tobin Project is an independent, non-profit research organization motivated by the belief that rigorous scholarship on major, real-world problems can make a…”

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9Exact matchCharlotte, NC, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-2002 contacts →

Exact match

“Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) is committed to creating reproducible and open scholarship covering all aspects of the scholarly research enterprise.”

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10Exact matchMclean, VA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-502 contacts →

Exact match

“The Center for Social Computation brings together the intellectual capital of research universities, research labs, and the private sector to address difficult national and global…”

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11Exact matchNaples, WI, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“Broad Brook Research is a comprehensive research firm of Ph.D.”

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Academic research centers based in the United States at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
30.5%Verified-email coverage
81.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
5.4%Largest-city concentration · Washington
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
113
11-50
145
51-200
39
201-500
13
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
15
5,001-10,000
7
10001+
10

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 349 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United States whose business descriptions match “academic research centers” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 8,700 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “academic research centers”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many academic research centers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 349 company matches for academic research centers associated with the United States as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

National Bureau Of Economic Research tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most academic research centers?

Washington leads with 19 company records, followed by Cambridge (13) and New York (13).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 8,700 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 349 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.