research institutions
Where discoveries happen
Research institutions are organizations dedicated to systematic investigation and the advancement of knowledge.
Universities, government laboratories, and private think tanks all qualify.
The term often implies serious, well-funded inquiry: She spent a decade at major research institutions before entering the private sector.
Research institutions may focus on pure science, applied technology, policy analysis, or social issues.
- think tankPolicy research organization
- brain trustElite group of advisers
- universityHigher education institution
- ivory towerSheltered intellectual enclave
- applied sciencesPractical technical disciplines
academia · college · knowledge transfer · faculty · graduate school · doctoral program · federal agency · academic conferences · higher education · space agency · grants · foundation · peer review · academic journal · dissertation · census bureau · experiments · professors
- Singapore Universities
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- Oceania Educationprimary schools, secondary schools, high schools, universities, tertiary education
- historiographyhistoriography, historiographer, secondary sources, historical interpretation, historical analysis
research institutionscommercial enterprises
For-profit organizations
businesses · trading companies · hedge funds · investment banks · service providers
research institutionsvocational schools
Institutions teaching practical job skills
trade schools · training centers · apprenticeship programs · technical colleges · technical institutes