| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| JRC | Joint Research Center | In English | |
| KAERI | Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (www.kaeri.re.kr) | In English | → Atomic physics |
| KAI | Kompetenzzentrum Automobil- und Industrieelektronik (https://www.k-ai.at/) | In German | → Electronics → Automobile manufacturing → Austria |
| KAIST | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (www.kaist.ac.kr) | In English | → Mathematics and natural sciences → Engineering, technology |
| KAΠE | Κέντρο Ανανεώσιμων Πηγών Ενέργειας = CRES | Center for Renewable Energy Sources | In English |
In Greek | → Energy economics |
| KNMI | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (www.knmi.nl) | In Dutch | → Meteorology, climatology → Netherlands |
| KORDI | Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (www.kordi.re.kr) | In English | → Research policy |
| KRIHS | Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (www.krihs.re.kr) | In English | → Regional planning → Geography |
| L2E | Laboratoire d'Électronique et Électromagnétisme | In French | → Electronics → Electromagnetism |
| L2ES | Laboratoire de Recherche en Électronique, Électrotechnique et Systèmes | In French | → Electrical engineering → Electronics |
| L3D | Center for Lifelong Learning and Design (http://http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/) | In English | → Education → United States |
| LAAS | Laboratory for Analyse and Architecture of Systems | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| LAB | Laboratoire d'Accidentologie et de Biomécanique | In French | → Traumatology → Transport and postal services |
| LaBRI | Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique (www.labri.fr) | In French | → Computer science |
| LACCO | LAboratoire de Catalyse en Chimie Organique | In French | → Organic chemistry |
| LACE | Laboratoire d'Application de la Chimie à l'Environnement | In French | → Environmental protection → Threats to the environment → Chemistry |
| LADL | Laboratoire d'Automatisme Documentaire et Linguistique | In French | → Computer science → Libraries → Linguistics |
| LADL | Laboratoire d'Automatique Documentaire et Linguistique | In French | → Documentation → Linguistics |
| LAEPSI | Laboratoire d'Analyse Environnementale des Procédés et des Systèmes Industriels | In French | → Environmental protection → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| LAFORIA | LAboratoire FORmes et Intelligence Artificielle | In French | → Artificial intelligence |
| LAI | (Österreichisches) Lateinamerika-Institut (www.lai.at) | In German | → Area studies → Austria |
| LAI | Laboratoire d'Automatique Industrielle | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| LAMCOS | Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Solides | In French | → Mechanics |
| LAMFA | Laboratoire Amiénois de Mathématique Fondamentale et Appliquée | In French | → Mathematics |
| LAMIH | Laboratoire d'Automatique et de Mécanique Industrielles et Humaines | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| LAMOP | LAboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris | In French | → Language, linguistics, literature → History → France |
| LAMSADE | Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Modélisation de Systèmes pour l'Aide à la DÉcision | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Management |
| LaMSID | Laboratoire de Mécanique des Structures Industrielles Durables | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| LAN | Laboratoire d'Applications Numériques | In French | → Computer-based techniques |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratories (www.lanl.gov) | In English | |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory | In English | |
| LAPP | Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules | In French | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → France |
| LaRC | (NASA) Langley Research Center (www.larc.nasa.gov) | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics → United States |
| LAREG | Laboratoire de Recherche en Géodésie | In French | → Geodesy, cartography |
| LARES | Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences humaines et Sociales | In French | → Social sciences |
| LARSSYAA | Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing Aircraft Analysis | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| LASMAP | Laboratoire de Recherche Structure et Mécanique Appliquée | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| LASS | Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Santé | In French | → Public health and hygiene |
| LATTS | LAboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés | In French | → Sociology → Regional planning |
| LBB | Laboratoire Biotechnologie-Bioprocédés | In French | → Biotechnology |
| LBD | Laboratoire de Bases de Données | In French | → Data |
| LBI | Leo Baeck Institute (https://www.lbi.org) | In English | → Libraries → History → Judaism |
| LBICR | Ludwig Boltzmann Institut for Cancer Research | In English | → Oncology |
| LBS | Laboratoire de Bioinorganique Structurale | In French | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| LCC | Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination | In French | → Chemistry |
| LCI | Laboratory of Clinical Investigation | In English | → Medicine |
| LCIE | Laboratoire Central des Industries Électriques | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| LCPC | Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (www.lcpc.fr) | In French | → Civil engineering → France |
| LCSR | Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs | In French | |
| LDMS | Laboratoire de Dynamique des Machines et des Structures | In French | → Mechanics → Mechanical engineering |
| LEAT | Laboratoire d'Électronique, Antennes et Télécommunications | In French | → Electronics → Telecommunications |
| LEBM | Laboratoire Européen de Biologie Moléculaire | In French | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| LECAP | Laboratoire d'Étude et de Commande Automatique de Processus | In French | → Mechanical engineering → Electronics |
| LEDSS | Laboratoire d'Études Dynamiques et Structurales de la Sélectivité | In French | → Chemistry → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| LEGI | Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion Industrielle | In French | → Economics → Industry, industrial policy |
| LEMA | Laboratoire d'Électrodynamique des Matériaux Avancés | In French | → Electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism → Materials science |
| LEMRENAS | Lembaga Riset Nasional | In Indonesian | → Research policy → Indonesia |
| LERC | Lebanese Emigration Research Center | In English | → Migrations |
| LeRC | Lewis Research Center | In English | → United States |
| LET | Laboratoire d'Économie des Transports | In French | → Economics → Transport and postal services |
| LETI | Laboratoire d'Électronique et de Technologie de l'Informatique | In French | → Computer science → Electronics |
| LFCC | Laboratoire Franco-Chinois sur la Catalyse | In French | → Chemistry → Chemical technology |
| LGE | Laboratoire de Géochimie des Eaux | In French | → Geochemistry → Hydrology |
| LGE | Laboratoire de Génie Électrique | In French | → Electrical engineering |
| LGEP | Laboratoire de Génie Électrique de Paris (www.lgep.supelec.fr) | In French | → Electrical engineering |
| LGGE | Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement | In French | → Earth sciences |
| LGIT | Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et de Tectonophysique | In French | → Geophysics → Seismology, earthquakes |
| LI3 | Laboratoire de recherche en Ingénierie Informatique Intelligente | In French | → Software → Artificial intelligence |
| LIA | Laboratoire d'Informatique d'Avignon (www.lia.univ-avignon.fr) | In French | → Computer science → France |
| LIA | Laboratoire d'Intelligence Artificielle | In French | → Artificial intelligence |
| LIER | Laboratoire d'essais INRETS Équipements Routiers | In French | → Civil engineering → Transport and postal services |
| LIF | Laboratoire d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle | In French | → Diagnostics |
| LIFAR | Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et Appliquée de Rouen | In French | → Computer science |
| LIFIA | Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle | In French | → Computer science → Artificial intelligence |
| LIG | Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble | In French | → Computer science |
| LIG | Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (www.liglab.fr) | In English | → Computer science |
| LIH | Laboratoire d'Informatique du Havre | In French | → Computer science |
| LIM | Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Mathématique | In French | → Mathematics |
| LIMHP | Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux et des Hautes Pressions | In French | → Engineering, technology |
| LIMSI | Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur (www.limsi.fr) | In French | → Computer science → Mechanical engineering |
| LINA | Laboratoire d'Informatique de Nantes Atlantique (www.lina.univ-nantes.fr) | In French | → Computer science → France |
| LIOS | Linzer Institut für Organische Solarzellen = LIOS | Linz Institute for Organic Solarcells | In English |
In German | → Energy economics → Austria |
| LIOS | Linz Institute for Organic Solarcells = (look above) |
In English | → Energy economics → Austria |
| LIP | Laboratoire d'Imagerie Paramétrique (www.labos.upmc.fr/lip/) | In French | → Image processing |
| LIP6 | Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (www.lip6.fr) | In French | → Computer science → France |
| LIPCNE | Laboratorio de Interacción Persona-Computador para Necesidades Especiales | In Spanish | → Human-computer interaction |
| LIPI | Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonisia (http://http://lipi.go.id/) | In Indonesian | → Central administration → Research policy → Indonesia |
| LIRIS | Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Images et Systèmes d'information | In French | → Computer science → Graphical processing → Fundamentals of knowledge and culture |
| LIRMM | Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (www.lirmm.fr) | In French | → Computer science → Electronics → France |
| LISA | Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (www.lisa.univ-paris12.fr) | In French | → Meteorology, climatology → Threats to the environment |
| LISA | Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Automatisés | In French | → Mechanical engineering → Electronics |
| LISA | Lieux, Identités, eSpaces et Activités | In French | → Environmental protection |
| LISA | Laboratoire d'Informatique des Systèmes Adaptatifs | In French | → Computer science |
| LISE | Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire pour la Sociologie Économique | In French | → Sociology → Economics |
| LISMMA | Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Mécaniques et MAtériaux | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| LIST | Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies | In French | → Engineering, technology |
| LITIS | Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Traitement de l'Information et des Systèmes | In French | → Computer science |
| LJLL | Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions | In French | → Numerical analysis |
| LLI | Laboratoire de Linguistique Informatique | In French | → Computer science → Linguistics |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories | In English | |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | In English | |
| LMC3O | Laboratoire de Matériaux Catalytiques et Catalyse en Chimie Organique | In English | → Chemistry |
| LMD | Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique | In French | → Meteorology, climatology |
| LMEI | London Middle East Institute (https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/) | In English | → Area studies → United Kingdom |
| LMFA | Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique (www.lmfa.ec-lyon.fr) | In French | → Fluid mechanics → Aerodynamics → Physics → France |
| LMGP | Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique | In French | → Materials science → Physics |
| LMI | Laboratory of Molecular Imaging | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| LMM | Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine | In English | → Physiology |
| LMO | Laboratorium voor Modelonderzoek | In Dutch | |
| LMO | Laboratoire de Mathématiques d'Orsay | In French | → Mathematics |
| LMP | Laboratoire de Microélectronique de Puissance | In French | → Electronics → Energy economics |
| LMT | Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie | In French | → Mechanical engineering → Engineering, technology |
| LNE | Laboratoire National d'Essais | In French | |
| LNEC | Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil | In Portuguese | → Construction → Civil engineering |
| LNNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | In English | |
| LOCI | Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation | In English | → Optics → Computer science |
| LPCI | Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Industrielle | In French | → Chemical technology |
| LPEQ | Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale et Quantitative (www.unice.fr/lpeq/) | In French | → Psychology |
| LPES | Laboratoire de Physique Électronique des Solides | In French | → 53912 |
| LPL | Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers | In French | → Magnetism |
| LPM | Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière | In French | → 539 |
| LPMA | Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires | In French | → Mathematics |
| LPMC | Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (http://pmc.polytechnique.fr) | In French | → Physics of condensed matter → France |
| LPMMH | Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes (www.pmmh.espci.fr) | In French | → Physics |
| LPMTM | Laboratoire des Propriétés Mécaniques et Thermodynamiques des Matériaux | In French | → Mechanics → Thermodynamics |
| LPPA | Laboratoire de la Physiologie, de la Perception et de l'Action | In French | → Physiology |
| LPPE | Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Psychologie Expérimentales | In French | → Psychology → Physiology |
| LPRL | Laboratoire de Physique du Rayonnement et de la Lumière | In French | → Electromagnetism |
| LPS | Laboratoire de Police Scientifique | In French | → Police |
| LREC | Laboratorio Regional de Engenharia Civil | In Portuguese | → Civil engineering → Construction |
| LRI | Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique | In French | → Computer science |
| LRPAT | Laboratoire de Recherche en Pathologies Radio-induites | In French | → Pathology |
| LSGC | Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique | In French | → Chemistry → Chemical technology |
| LSRS | Laboratory for Spintronics Research in Semiconductors | In English | → Electronics |
| LSSL | Life Sciences Space Laboratory | In English | → Biological sciences → Astronautics |
| LSTA | Laboratoire de Statistique Théorique et Appliquée | In French | → Statistics |
| LTSI | Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et Instrumentation | In French | → Telecommunications |
| LTT | Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachines | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| LURE | Laboratoire d'Utilisation du Rayonnement Électromagnétique | In French | → Electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism |
| LUSSI | Laboratoire UltraSons, Signaux et Instrumentation (www.lussi.univ-tours.fr) | In French | → Diagnostics → France |
| LVA | Laboratoire Vibrations-Acoustique | In French | → Acoustics |
| Mockup And Integration Laboratory | In English | → Mechanical engineering | |
| MARC | Modern Asia Research Centre | In English | → Area studies |
| MARS | Manned Astronautical Research Station | In English | → Astronautics |
| MASTTAR | Minimal Access Surgery Teaching, Training and Research Center | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| MCEER | Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (http://mceer.buffalo.edu) | In English | → Seismology, earthquakes → United States |
| MCL | Materials Center Leoben (www.mcl.at) | In English | → Materials science → Austria |
| MDRC | Mongolian Development Research Center | In English | → Development |
| MEARC | Modern East Asia Research Centre | In English | → Area studies → Netherlands |
| MEDRC | Middle East Desalination Research Center (www.medrc.org) | In English | → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → Chemical technology |
| MEMRI | Middle East Media Research Institute | In English | → Newspapers, journalism |
| MERIT | Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology | In English | → Economics → Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| MERL | Materials Engineering Research Laboratory | In English | → Materials science |
| MIB | Materials and systems Institute of Bordeaux | In English | → Materials science |
| MIRC | Marine Information Research Center (www.mirc.jha.or.jp) | In English | → Marine research, oceanography → Japan |
| MIT/LL | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (www.ll.mit.edu) | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → United States |
| MITIL | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Instrumentation Laboratory | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Engineering, technology → United States |
| MODEL | Multidisciplinary Optimization and Design Engineering Laboratory | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| MOL | Manned Orbital Laboratory | In English | → Astronautics |
| MORL | Manned Orbiting Research Laboratory | In English | → Astronautics |
| MPS | Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (www.mps.mpg.de) | In German | → Solar system → Germany |
| MRASH | Maison Rhône-Alpes des Sciences de l'Homme | In French | → Social sciences |
| MRI | Meteorological Research Institute | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| MSCL | Measurement Standards and Calibration Laboratory | In English | → Standardization |
| MSL | Materials Science Laboratory | In English | → Materials science |
| MSL | Mechanical Systems Laboratory | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| MVO | Montserrat Volcano Observatory (www.mvo.ms) | In English | → 55121 |
| NAAL | North American Aerodynamic Laboratory | In English | → Aerodynamics |
| NBDL | Naval Bio-Dynamics Laboratory | In English | → Biological sciences |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research (www.ncar.ucar.edu) | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| NCGIA | National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (www.ncgia.ucsb.edu) | In English | → Geography |
| NCRR | National Center for Research Resources (www.ncrr.nih.gov) | In English | → Biological sciences → Medicine |
| NDTL | Nondestructive Test Laboratory | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| NERF | Neuropôle de Recherche Francilien | In French | → Neurology → France |
| NHGRI | National Human Genom Research Institute (www.genome.gov) | In English | → Genetics → Biotechnology |
| NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (www.nhlbi.nih.gov) | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Cardiology → Medicine |
| NIBB | National Institute for Basic Biology | In English | → Biological sciences |
| NIDDK | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | In English | → Physiology → Pathology |
| NIDRR | National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research | In English | → Medicine |
| NIES | National Institute for Environmental Studies (www.nies.go.jp) | In English | → Threats to the environment → Japan |
| NIFS | National Institute for Fusion Science | In English | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Nuclear technology |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov) | In English | → Medicine → Biological sciences |
| NIHU | National Institutes fot the Humanities | In English | |
| NIMS | National Institute for Materials Science (www.nims.go.jp) | In English | → Materials science → Japan |
| NINS | National Institutes of Natural Sciences (www.nins.jp) | In English | → Mathematics and natural sciences → Japan |
| NIOO | Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie | In Dutch | → Ecology → Netherlands |
| NIOZ | Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee | In Dutch | → Earth sciences → Netherlands |
| NIPR | National Institute of Polar Research (www.nipr.ac.jp) | In English | → Earth sciences → Japan |
| NIPS | National Institute for Physiological Sciences | In English | → Physiology |
| NKI-AVL | Nederlands Kanker Instituut - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis | In Dutch | → Oncology → Netherlands |
| NLR | Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium | In Dutch | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| NMI | Naturwissenchaftlich-Medizinisches Institut | In German | → Biological sciences → Medicine |
| NORC | National Opinion Research Center (www.norc.org) | In English | → Social sciences → United States |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | In English | → Energy economics |
| NRI | Needham Research Institute (www.nri.cam.ac.uk) | In English | → History → Engineering, technology → Medicine → United Kingdom |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory (www.nrl.navy.mil) | In English | → 359 |
| NSL | Northrop Space Laboratory | In English | → Astronomy |
| NSTL | National Space Technology Laboratories | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| NVEOL | Night Vision and Electro-Optical Laboratory | In English | |
| NVEOL | Night Vision and Electronic-Optics Laboratory | In English | → Electronics |