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210 research institutes
Research InstituteNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
NIH center coordinating the Tissue Chip for Drug Screening program.
Research InstitutePrinciples of Intelligence (PIBBSS)
Research organization bridging natural sciences of intelligence and AI safety.
Research InstituteA2F Survey Nigeria
Assessing access to financial services in Nigeria.
Research InstituteAI Alignment Policy Institute (AAPI)
Policy nonprofit that drafts model legislation for advanced AI under moral uncertainty and publishes verified briefs on state AI personhood and sentience laws.
Research InstituteAI Cognition Initiative (Rethink Priorities)
Research group within Rethink Priorities studying whether advanced AI systems have mental states, preferences, and moral standing, including probabilistic estimates of AI consciousness.
Research InstituteAI Lab ( Artificial Intelligence Laboratory )
Research InstituteALERTCalifornia
University-led public safety network providing camera observations and environmental data for wildfire detection and response.
Research InstituteAcceleration Consortium
A University of Toronto-led consortium advancing self-driving laboratories and materials discovery.
Research InstituteBamberg Mathematical Consciousness Science Initiative (BAMXI)
University of Bamberg initiative on mathematical consciousness science that runs thematic sprints, including an AI Consciousness Sprint from 2026.
Research InstituteBeijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance (Beijing-AISI)
Beijing research institute on AI safety and governance founded by Yi Zeng, home to his brain-inspired and ethical AI work.
Research InstituteBlack Business Opportunity & Investment Study
Supporting Black-owned businesses in Richmond.
Research InstituteBrookings Institution (AI moral status commentary)
Policy think tank that published a commentary assessing whether AI systems have moral status and whether AI welfare research is warranted.
Research InstituteBuck Institute for Research on Aging
Research on aging and healthspan
Research InstituteCIFAR Brain, Mind & Consciousness Program
CIFAR research program exploring consciousness from philosophy to neuroscience, including consciousness in non-human animals and artificial systems.
Research InstituteCLAIR (Center for Law & AI Risk)
Field-building center for Law and AI safety scholarship whose co-directors have published on economic and legal rights for AI systems.
Research InstituteCRCE - Centre for Research on Community-Oriented Entrepreneurship
Fostering inclusive entrepreneurship for underrepresented communities.
Research InstituteCalifornia Institute for Machine Consciousness (CIMC)
Nonprofit research institute that aims to formulate testable theories of machine consciousness and build conscious-like computational systems under its Machine Consciousness Hypothesis.
Research InstituteCenter for AI Safety (CAIS)
AI safety research nonprofit whose AI Wellbeing project measures functional pleasure and pain in language models.
Research InstituteCenter for Consciousness Studies (University of Arizona) / The Science of Consciousness conference
University of Arizona center known for The Science of Consciousness conference series, which covers AI consciousness alongside neuroscience and philosophy.
Research InstituteCenter for the Future of AI, Mind & Society (FAU)
Florida Atlantic University center examining machine versus human intelligence, consciousness, and LLM capabilities, host of the annual MindFest conference.
Research InstituteCenter of Excellence in Industrial Research
Research InstituteCenter on Long-Term Risk (CLR)
Research charity focused on worst-case suffering risks from advanced AI, with concern for the suffering of potential artificial minds.
Research InstituteCentre Assomption de recherche et développement en entrepreneuriat
Research and development in entrepreneurship.
Research InstituteCentre for Digital Citizens
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