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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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Earth System Research Laboratory
Boulder, CO
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Division of Vector Borne Diseases
Fort Collins, CO
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO
UNAVCO, Inc.
Boulder, CO
National Solar Observatory
Boulder, CO
Bureau of Reclamation
Denver, CO
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Institute for Telecommunications Sciences
Boulder, CO
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Boulder, CO
National Ice Core Research Lab
Lakewood, CO
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Mission Area Laboratories
Boulder, CO
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
(UCAR)
Boulder, CO
U.S. Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Fort Collins, CO
U.S. Dept of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Fort Collins, CO
U.S. Dept of Agriculture
National Wildlife Research Center
Fort Collins, CO
First Responders Network Authority
Boulder, CO
U.S. Dept of the Interior
National Invasive Species Council
Secretariat
Fort Collins, CO
Federal Railroad Administration
Transportation Technology Center
Pueblo, CO
Space Weather Prediction Center
Boulder, CO
National Park Service
Continental Divide Research Learning Center
Estes Park, CO
National Integrated Drought Information System
Boulder, CO
NIST Public Safety Communications Research
Boulder, CO
Joint Institutes