Carnegie Science

Washington, District of Columbia, US

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Independent research institution headquartered in Washington, DC, with world-class observatories, high-pressure facilities, in-house engineering, and advanced scientific instrumentation. Its investigator-led model and growing Caltech partnership create flexible pathways for deep-tech collaboration.

Carnegie Science is a compact, independent research institution with roughly 70 principal investigators and a century-plus legacy of investigator-led discovery. Headquartered in Washington, DC, it operates a distributed network of U.S. sites and the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, combining specialized facilities and scientific instrumentation with geographically diverse expertise. Its growing partnership with Caltech complements a structure in which engineers, machinists, and instrument builders stay close to the research and support collaborative development of advanced tools. Support comes from a substantial endowment, philanthropy, and competitive federal funding, including NSF, NASA, and DOE awards.

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