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Universities, laboratories, academies and other organizations where scientific work happens or scientific standards are set, distinct from the individual scientists who work there. It excludes informal collaborations with no organizational identity, and excludes government agencies whose primary role is regulation rather than research, which stay with Political or the relevant applied atlas.

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1707 1
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Abel Prize

Prizes and Awards

Academie des Sciences

Learned Societies and Associations

American Anthropological Association

Learned Societies and Associations

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Learned Societies and Associations

American Chemical Society

Learned Societies and Associations

American Museum of Natural History

Museums and Observatories

American Physical Society

Learned Societies and Associations

American Society for Virology

Learned Societies and Associations

American Statistical Association

Learned Societies and Associations

Association for Computing Machinery

Learned Societies and Associations

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Learned Societies and Associations

Bell Labs

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Biochemical Society

Learned Societies and Associations

Bose Institute

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Botanical Society of America

Learned Societies and Associations

Breakthrough Prize

Prizes and Awards

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Brown University

Universities and Colleges

California Institute of Technology

Universities and Colleges

Carnegie Mellon University

Universities and Colleges

Case Western Reserve University

Universities and Colleges

Cavendish Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

CERN

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Learned Societies and Associations

Cognitive Science Society

Learned Societies and Associations

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Collège de France

Universities and Colleges

Columbia University

Universities and Colleges

Copley Medal

Prizes and Awards

Cornell University

Universities and Colleges

Curie Institute

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Dartmouth College

Universities and Colleges

Ecole Polytechnique

Universities and Colleges

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Universities and Colleges

Ecological Society of America

Learned Societies and Associations

ETH Zurich

Universities and Colleges

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

European Space Agency

Government Science Agencies

Fermilab

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Fields Medal

Prizes and Awards

French National Centre for Scientific Research

Government Science Agencies

Geophysical Institute, Bergen

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Ghent University

Universities and Colleges

Harvard College Observatory

Museums and Observatories

Harvard University

Universities and Colleges

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Universities and Colleges

Heidelberg University

Universities and Colleges

Hokkaido University

Universities and Colleges

Humboldt University of Berlin

Universities and Colleges

IEEE Medal of Honor

Prizes and Awards

Imperial College London

Universities and Colleges

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Indian Institute of Science

Universities and Colleges

Indian Space Research Organisation

Government Science Agencies

Institut Pasteur

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Institute for Advanced Study

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Institute for the Study of Metals

Research Institutes and Laboratories

International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Jadavpur University

Universities and Colleges

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Government Science Agencies

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Johns Hopkins University

Universities and Colleges

Karolinska Institute

Universities and Colleges

King's College London

Universities and Colleges

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Government Science Agencies

Kyoto Prize

Prizes and Awards

Lasker Award

Prizes and Awards

Lebedev Physical Institute

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Leiden University

Universities and Colleges

Leipzig University

Universities and Colleges

Linguistic Society of America

Learned Societies and Associations

London Mathematical Society

Learned Societies and Associations

London School of Economics

Universities and Colleges

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Universities and Colleges

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Universities and Colleges

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Universities and Colleges

Max Planck Society

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Met Office

Government Science Agencies

Moscow State University

Universities and Colleges

Mount Wilson Observatory

Museums and Observatories

Nagoya University

Universities and Colleges

NASA

Government Science Agencies

National Academy of Sciences

Learned Societies and Associations

National Physical Laboratory

Government Science Agencies

National Science Foundation

Government Science Agencies

Natural History Museum, London

Museums and Observatories

Naval Research Laboratory

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Nobel Prize

Prizes and Awards

Northwestern University

Universities and Colleges

Ohio State University

Universities and Colleges

Philosophy of Science Association

Learned Societies and Associations

Princeton University

Universities and Colleges

Purdue University

Universities and Colleges

RIKEN

Research Institutes and Laboratories

Rockefeller University

Universities and Colleges

Royal Astronomical Society

Learned Societies and Associations

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Museums and Observatories

Royal Institution

Research Institutes and Laboratories
Sources
1. Online Etymology Dictionary: institution
Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, institution entry, organization sense
Quote, Online Etymology Dictionary, institution entry, organization sense
Meaning "establishment or organization for the promotion of some charity" is from 1707.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Wikipedia)
WikipediaContains: Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionView the Source
Mount Wilson Observatory (Wikipedia)
WikipediaContains: Mount Wilson ObservatoryView the Source
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