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RESEARCH LABS
AND JOINT INSTITUTES

Colorado has one of the highest per capita concentrations of federally-funded science, research, and engineering facilities in the nation.

 

Over 30 federally-funded scientific research laboratories and institutes in our state are home to renowned scientists whose work has global impact in a number of areas including natural resource management, climate change, agriculture, bioscience, renewable energy, photonics, and astrophysics.  

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Click on the logos below to go to their sites.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Earth System Research Laboratory

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Boulder, CO

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Division of Vector Borne Diseases

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Fort Collins, CO

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Golden, CO

NIST National Institute of Standards and

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Boulder, CO

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UNAVCO​, Inc.

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Boulder, CO

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National Solar Observatory

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Boulder, CO

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Bureau of Reclamation

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Denver, CO

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National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Boulder, CO

NITA ITS Natl Telecommunications & Infor

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

​Institute for Telecommunications Sciences
 

Boulder, CO

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National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)​

 

Boulder, CO

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National Ice Core Research Lab​

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Lakewood, CO

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U.S. Geological Survey​

Water Mission Area Laboratories

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Boulder, CO

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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

(UCAR)

 

​Boulder, CO

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U.S. Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

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Fort Collins, CO

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U.S. Dept of Agriculture

Agricultural Research Service

 

Fort Collins, CO

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U.S. Dept of Agriculture

National Wildlife Research Center

 

​Fort Collins, CO

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First Responders Network Authority

 

​Boulder, CO

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U.S. Dept of the Interior

National Invasive Species Council

Secretariat

 

​Fort Collins, CO

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Federal Railroad Administration

 Transportation Technology Center 

 

Pueblo, CO

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NIST Public Safety Communications Research

 

Boulder, CO

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National Park Service

​Continental Divide Research Learning Center

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​Estes Park, CO

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National Integrated Drought Information System

 

Boulder, CO

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Space Weather Prediction Center

 

Boulder, CO

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National Weather Service

 

Boulder, CO

Joint Institutes

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