Consortium of research-oriented universities and colleges
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Universities Research Association
Formation
1965
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., United States
Location
United States
Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
Membership
90
Council of Presidents, Chair
Garnett S. Stokes (2023)[1] President, University of New Mexico
President and CEO
John C. Mester[1]
Website
URA
The Universities Research Association is a non-profit association of more than 90 research universities, primarily but not exclusively in the United States. It has members also in Japan, Italy, and in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1965 at the behest of the President's Science Advisory Committee and the National Academy of Sciences to build and operate Fermilab, a National Accelerator Laboratory. Today, the mission of URA is "to establish and operate in the national interest unique laboratories and facilities for research, development, and education in the physical and biological sciences to expand the frontiers of knowledge, foster innovation, and promote the education of future generations of scientists."
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