German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
The German Institute for Economic Research is one of the leading research institutes in Europe with a research staff of about 120 economists. It is an independent, non-profit-making academic institute which is involved in basic research and policy advice.
http://www.diw.de/english

Institute of Textile Technology
The Institute of Textile Technology (ITT), home to the Roger Milliken Textile Library, is a center for research, consulting services, fully accredited graduate education, and continuing education.
http://www.itt.edu/

Institute of Biophysics and X-Ray Structure Research
Research institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Conducts basic research ranging from biochemistry to material investigations.
http://www.ibr.oeaw.ac.at/

IDIAP Research Institute
Idiap is a semi-private research institute located in Martigny, Valais, and affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) at Lausanne, and the University of Geneva. Idiap carries out research in the areas of speech and speaker recognition, computer vision and machine learning.
http://www.idiap.ch/

South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
A university research institute, SCIAA initiates and conducts a broad range of field research and collections research throughout the state.
http://www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/

TRI. Textile Research Institute
TRI/Princeton is a nonprofit, independent research organization serving clients in industry, government, and academia throughout the United States and abroad.
http://www.triprinceton.org/

Spanish Council for Scientific Research: Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry
CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ciencia e Investigación, Spanish National Research Council, Science Scientific, Conselho Superior de Investigações Científicas, Uberlegener Rat der Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen, Le Conseil Supérieur des Investigations Scientifiques, Consiglio Superiore delle Indagini Scientifiche, Consell Superior D'investigacions Científiques, Consello Superior de Investigacións Científicas, Zientzien Ikerketako Kontseilu Gorena
http://www.icp.csic.es/

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands
A well-established independent research institute in hydrodynamics and nautical research.
http://www.marin.nl/

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
common page description
http://www.awi.de/en/institute/sites/potsdam/

Institute for Research in Construction
The National Research Council's Institute for Research in Construction (IRC) is Canada's construction technology centre. IRC provides research, building code development, and materials evaluation services.
http://www.nrc.ca/irc/irccontents.html