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Institute for High Energy Physics Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP) was opened in 1965 in Protvino near Moscow, Russia. The institute is known for the particle accelerator U70 synchrotron which was the largest in the world at the time it was launched in 1967.
Institute for Historical Review The Institute for Historical Review (IHR), founded in 1978, is a controversial American organization. It describes itself as a "public-interest educational, research and publishing center dedicated to promoting greater public awareness of history.
Institute for Humane Studies The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a libertarian non-profit organization that assists students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It acts as a talent scout, identifying, developing, and supporting the brightest young libertarian students who are seeking careers as academics or intellectuals.
Institute for Christian Studies The Institute for Christian Studies Toronto], [[Canada is one of several unrelated institutions bearing that name. ICS Toronto is an independent graduate school of philosophy affiliated with the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam.
Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity The Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity or IFIAS is an international non-governmental organization with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, working for the promotion of democracy, transparency and human rights.
Institute for International Development The Institute for International Development is an Australian company limited by guarantee, which operates as a not-for-profit to provide professional services in support of equitable international development. It does this through consultancies to major international agencies and its own development, publication, exchange, and related cultural activities.
Institute for Justice Founded in 1991 by Chip Mellor and Clint Bolick, the Institute for Justice (IJ) is a libertarian public interest law firm in the United States. Its mission is to provide pro bono legal advice and representation, litigating strategically to pursue its free market agenda.
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) is a non-profit organization based in Joseph, Oregon, USA that seeks to accompany the people of Haiti in their non-violent struggle for the consolidation of constitutional democracy, justice and human rights. IJDH distributes information on human rights conditions in Haiti, pursues legal cases in Haitian, U.
Institute for Language and Speech Processing The Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) (Greek: Ινστιτούτο Επεξεργασίας του Λόγου, ΙΕΛ) is a Greek non-profit private foundation focusing on applied research in Speech Processing, Natural Language Processing and Computer-Assisted Language Learning.
Institute for Legal Reform The US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) is one of the various departments of the US Chamber of Commerce that was founded in 1998 to address the country's growing number of litigations. ILR advocates comprehensive reforms, not only through changing the laws, but also by changing the legal culture and the legislators and judges that create that culture.
Institute for manufacturing The Institute for Manufacturing was founded in 1998 and is part of the Cambridge University Engineering Department. Originally Division E: Manufacture and Management, the IfM was formed under the leadership of Prof.
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies ("IMMS") is a major non-profit organization established in 1984 for the education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the wild and in captivity. It is located in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States of America and has been an active participant of the National Stranding Network since its inception.
Institute for Micro Process Engineering IMVT The Institute for Micro Process Engineering IMVT (from the German name Institut für Mikroverfahrenstechnik) is an institute within the Karlsruhe Research Center (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe) in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany. Its main field of activity is micro process engineering, the science of conducting chemical and/or physical processes in confines with typical dimensions below 1 mm.
Institute for Molecular Bioscience The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is a research centre at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. It opened in 2000 as part of the Queensland Bioscience Precinct, the largest of its kind in Australia.
Institute for Neurosemantics Neurosemantics or Neuro-Semantics is a model that describes how we humans get meaning (semantics) so incorporated into our body (neurology)so that we feel meanings and do so in terms of our emotions and states.
Institute for Noble Maidens Institute for Noble Maidens (Russian: Институт благородных девиц) was a type of educational institution in late Imperial Russia. It was devised by Ivan Betskoy as a girl-only institution for girls of noble origin.
Institute for Nobles Institute for Nobles () was a form of boys-only boarding school in the Russian Empire that provided secondary education in the 19th century. It was similar to a high school or gymnasium but was only open to boys from noble families, and students were usually required to live on the premises.
Institute for Palestine Studies The Institute for Palestine Studies is a non-profit Arab research organization. The Institute was established to promote a better understanding of the question of Palestine and is the only institute in the world exclusively devoted to documentation, research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Institute for Plasma Research Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is an autonomous physics research institute located in India. The institute is involved in research in various aspects of plasma science including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas and plasma technologies for industrial applications.
Institute for Policy Studies Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a non-profit think-tank for progressive, leftist, or liberal causes based in Washington, DC. It includes roughly fifteen projects across national and international social movements; including the peace movement, international human rights, and the environment.
Institute for Popular Democracy Institute for Popular Democracy is a Philippines not-for-profit research and advocacy centre, deploying a multi-disciplinary team of activist-scholars engaged with "civil society groups, reform-minded government officials and government agencies."
Institute for Private Enterprise The Institute for Private Enterprise is an Australian political group established for the purposes of promoting the cause of private enterprise and reducing the role of the government in economic affairs. Des Moore is the institute's director.
Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine is one of the institutes of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, and is the largest institute devoted to cryobiology research in the world. Established in 1972, the focus of the research is on cryoinjury, cryosurgery, cryopreservation, lyophilization and hypothermia.
Institute for Public Affairs - IPA As the public policy arm of the nation's largest representative Orthodox Jewish organization -- with over 1,000 member synagogues nationwide -- the IPA works to protect Jewish interests and freedoms by providing government officials with informative policy briefings, advocating legislative and regulatory initiatives, and coordinating our constituency's grass-roots political activities.
Institute for Public Health Sciences The Institute for Public Health Sciences at Yeshiva University provides research and training opportunities for faculty, students, and researchers interested in public health and preventive medicine, consolidating university resources in these areas and creating new programs, including a Master of Public Health degree.
Institute for Public Policy Research The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is a think tank in the United Kingdom, with close links to the ruling Labour Party. It was founded in 1988 and people involved in its development included Neil Kinnock, Clive Hollick, Lord Eatwell, Tessa Blackstone and James Cornford.
Institute for quantum computing The institute of Quantum Computing is a part of Waterloo University located in Ontario, Canada. The mission of the Institute is bring together mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists in order to advance the field of quantum computation.
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements or IRMM, located in Geel, Belgium, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC).
Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System The Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System (known in French as Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif) is a medical research institute dedicated to cancer research and located in Strasbourg, France. In 1993, Professor Jacques Marescaux felt that medicine as a science was undergoing profound changes, switching from the industrial era into that of the information era.
Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (abbreviated as IRmep) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization (as of 2003), founded in 2002 in Washington DCCertificate of Authority PDF file, IRmep website.. Its stated principal purpose is to be "a think tank working to define, communicate and promote America's true interests in the Middle East.
Institute for Scientific Information The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992 and was known as Thomson ISI and now merely Thomson Scientific.
Institute for Simulation and Training The Insitute for Simulation and Training is an internationally recognized research institute that focuses on advancing modeling and simulation technology and increasing our understanding of simulation's role in training and education. It is located at 3100 Technology Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826
Institute for Social and Economic Change The Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) is a social science research institute in Bangalore, India. Founded in 1972, it is the largest among the 27 institutions supported by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
Institute for Social Ecology The Institute for Social Ecology is an educational institution in the United States offering courses related to social ecology, an anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian strain of ecology that is a form of libertarian socialism. It was founded in 1974 by Murray Bookchin and Daniel Chodorkoff.
Institute for Social Engineering (ISE) Institute for Social Engineering is an independent think tank and research institute with an action plan of experimenting the progressive ideas in the arena of social transformation. The Institute is based at Ujire, Karnataka, India.
Institute for Social Inventions The Institute for Social Inventions was a think-tank set up in 1985 to publicise and launch good ideas for improving the quality of life. Its founder Nicholas Albery (1948-2001) sought to promote non-technological innovations.
Institute for Social Research The Institute for Social Research (German: Institut fĂĽr Sozialforschung) is a research organization covering topics such as sociology and continental philosophy, best known as the institutional home of the Frankfurt School.
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics The Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, often shortened to IPM (پژوهشگاه دانشهای بنیادی in Persian) is a government-sponsored advanced research institute founded in 1989 in Tehran, Iran.
Institute for Sustainable Energy The Institute for Sustainable Energy was opened in 2001 and focuses on sustainable energy education, becoming a source for sustainable energy information, assistance in sustainable energy policy making, and assistance in implementing sustainable energy solutions . The institute is located at Eastern Connecticut State University with the head office in the Foster Building down the street from the main campus.
Institute for System Level Integration The Institute for System Level Integration (ISLI) provides postgraduate education, professional training and research in system level integration and system-on-chip technologies. The institute was founded in 1998 and is located in Livingston, Scotland, UK.
Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology The Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology (Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie, IWT-Flanders) is a public institution in Flanders (Belgium) to provide R&D and innovation support. The institute was established by the Flemish government in 1991.
Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen The Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen or IPSC, located in Ispra, Italy, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC).
Institute for the Study of Academic Racism The Institute for the Study of Academic Racism (ISAR) is an organization that monitors academics and academic-related organizations that it accuses of racism. ISAR states in this capacity it serves "as a resource center for scholars, legislators, civil rights organizations, and journalists.
Institute for the Study of American Cultures The Institute for the Study of American Cultures is a defunct organization devoted to the study of Pre-Columbian contact between Old World and the New. Although as an organization it did not espouse any particular theory, it was strongly oriented in a general way toward the "diffusionist" view that Pre-Columbian contact had been extensive.
Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming The Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming (ISCG) at the University of Macau is a not-for-profit gaming research and development organization that was established in August 2003. The mission of ISCG is to build bridges between the theories and practices of gaming in Macau and across Asia.
Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity The Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity (ISIC) is an independent non-profit academic institute, on the cutting edge of the study of Islam, Christianity and Muslim-Christian relations. In the contemporary context of increasing tensions between Islam and the West, it aims to present an objective, robust and rigorous understanding of the relevant issues and their implications for Islamic and western societies.
Institute for the Study of the Americas The Institute for the Study of the Americas was founded in August 2004 through a merger of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) with the Institute of United States Studies (IUSS), both of which had been founded in 1965 at 31 Tavistock Square. Like its predecessors, the new Institute forms part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study.
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics The Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics{ITEP} (Russian Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики) is located in Moscow, Russia as a MinAtom physical institute.
Institute for Transuranium Elements The Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) is a European Commission nuclear research institute in Karlsruhe, Germany. The ITU is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC).
Institute for War and Peace Reporting Institute for War & Peace Reporting is an international media development charity, established in 1991. It runs major programmes in Afghanistan, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Iraq, with offices in Almaty, Baku, Belgrade, Bishkek, Dushanbe, The Hague, Kabul, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tashkent, Tbilisi and Yerevan.
Institute for Workers' Control The Institute for Workers' Control was founded in 1968 by Tony Topham and Ken Coates, then a leader of the International Marxist Group, and subsequently became special professor in the University of Nottingham, and a member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999.
Institute For Figuring The Institute For Figuring, or IFF, is an organization based in Los Angeles that promotes the public understanding of the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science, mathematics and the technical arts. The Institute hosts public lectures and exhibitions, publishes books and also maintains a website.
Institute For Independent Business The Institute For Independent Business is, according to its site a "not-for-profit research, training and accreditation organisation." Rather than employing its consultants, it has a number of affiliated associates that work as consultants.
Institute in Basic Life Principles The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) is a Christian organization in Oak Brook, Illinois that serves as an umbrella organization for several ministries, all of which center around the teachings of IBLP founder Bill Gothard. It is a non-profit tax-exempt religious or charitable organization by the IRS,IRS, Search for Charities, Online Version of Publication 78 (last accessed 8/30/06) that earns an estimated $63 million annually.
Institute of Actuaries The Institute of Actuaries is one of the two professional bodies representing actuaries in the United Kingdom. The Institute is based in England, while the other body, the Faculty of Actuaries, is based in Scotland.
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) is part of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London. It was founded in 1946 as a national academic institution to promote and advance legal research, implementing a proposal of 1934 report of the Legal Education Committee chaired by Lord Atkin.
Institute of Advanced Motorists The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is a charity based in the United Kingdom whose objective is to improve car driving and motorcycle riding standards, and hence enhance road safety, through the proper use of a system of car/motorcycle control based on Roadcraft (commonly "the System"). They also have a commercial wing dealing with corporate driver training.
Institute of Applied Economic Research The Instituto de Pesquisa EconĂ´mica Aplicada (IPEA) or Institute of Applied Economic Research is a Brazilian government-led research organization dedicated to generation of macroeconomical, sectorial and thematic studies in order to base government planning and policy making.
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics The Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics was established in 1958 in Beijing in the People's Republic of China. The institution conducts research on nuclear warhead design computations for the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) in Mianyang, Sichuan and focuses on applied theoretical research and on the study of fundamental theories.
Institute of Asian Research The Institute of Asian Research (website) at University of British Columbia is a research institute founded in 1978 and has been the foremost research centre in Canada for the study of Asia. With a broad geographic reach extending to China, India and South Asia, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, the Institute conducts research and teaching in policy-relevant issues informed by language and area studies.
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge The term Institute of Astronomy or "IoA" is conventionally used by astronomers to refer to the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge (although there are departments at other universities with the same name). The Institute of Astronomy is the largest of the three Astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge.
Institute of Bill of Rights Law The Institute of Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) is one of the most renowned centers for the study of constitutional law in the world. Located at the College of William & Mary School of Law (Marshall-Wythe) in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, the IBRL focuses on enhancing a scholarly understanding of the nation's Bill of Rights by hosting an annual "Supreme Court Preview," that brings together constitutional and legal experts from the top law schools in the United States, as well as reporters and affiliates from the nation's leading news outlets.
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) is a pioneering Persian (Iranian) research Institute founded in 1976 to conduct world class research in biological sciences and related fields. It is affiliated to Tehran University and is located in the University campus.
Institute of Biosciences and Technology The Institute of Biosciences and Technology (IBT), a component of the Texas A&M Health Science Center represents the Texas A&M University System, one of the two main Texas state university systems, in the state's and world's largest medical center, the Texas Medical CenterThe Texas Medical Center, in Houston, Texas. The institute focuses on interdisciplinary collaborative programs and themes of the traditional land-grant university system with frontier biomedical and human health sciences.
Institute of Broadcast Sound The Institute of Broadcast Sound is the only organisation in the UK dedicated to the maintenance of the highest standards of professional audio for broadcasting, and was founded in 1977 by sound supervisors in BBC Television. Initially conceived as an organisation for television sound balancers, its remit was quickly extended to include all audio practitioners working in any sphere of broadcast audio including radio, location, and post-production sound.
Institute of Business Administration (Karachi) The Institute of Business Administration, usually referred to by its acronym IBA, is a university in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the oldest business school in the world outside of North America, and is considered one of the premier business schools in Pakistan.
Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka The Institute of Business Administration of the University of Dhaka - commonly known as IBA - is the premier institution for business-education in Bangladesh. It was established in the 1960s in collaboration with the Karachi IBA, the Ford Foundation, and Indiana University, Bloomington.
Institute of Business Management Karachi The Institute of Business Management (IoBM) is one of Pakistan's top business school and is composed of three premier colleges located in Karachi, College of Business Management (CBM), College of Economics and Social Development (CESD), and College of Computer Science and Information Systems (CCSIS).
Institute of Business Studies & Research The Institute of Business Studies & Research (IBSAR) is a business school located in the CBD Belapur district of Navi Mumbai, India. The school focuses on business programs for specific disciplines and places emphasis on training for the business world.
Institute of Certified Bookkeepers The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers ("ICB") is a not for profit organisation that promotes and maintains the standards of bookkeeping as a profession, through the establishment of a series of relevant qualifications and the award of grades of membership that recognise academic attainment, working experience and competence.
Institute of Cetacean Research Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR, 日本鯨類研究所 Nippon Geirui Kenkyūsho) is a Japanese privately owned, non-profit institution that claims to carry out the scientific research into cetaceans. It grew out of the Whale Research Institute (founded 1947) which in turn was an off-shoot of Nakabe Scientific Research Centre (founded 1941).
Institute of Commonwealth Studies The Institute of Commonwealth Studies was founded by the University of London in 1949 to promote academic study of the Commonwealth of Nations and its constituent countries. It became part of the School of Advanced Study in 1994.
Institute of Conjuncture The Institute of Conjuncture was founded in Moscow in October of 1920 by Nikolai Kondratiev as a center for the study of business cycles. As its first director, Kondratiev managed to develop the institute, from just a couple of scientists at its beginning, into a large and respected institution with 51 researchers in 1923.
Institute of Consecrated Life An Institute of Consecrated Life is a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church, whose members profess the religious vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. This type of organization is defined in the Code of Canon Law under canons 573-709.
Institute of Conservation The Institute of Conservation (Icon) is the lead voice for the conservation of cultural heritage in the UK, with over three thousand individuals and organizations in membership, including professional conservators in all disciplines as well as others who share a commitment to improving the understanding of, and access to, cultural heritage. As a charity, Icon is committed to public benefit through promoting public understanding of, and access to, all the diverse elements of cultural heritage.
Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is a modern art centre on The Mall in London, England. It is located within Nash House, which is part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch and contains galleries, a theatre, two cinemas and a bar.
Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore Located in Singapore and established by LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore is devoted to the exhibition and research of international and Asian contemporary art. Through its exhibition programme at its exhibition facility, the Earl Lu Gallery, as well as its extensive programme of publications, conferences and research activities, it aims to further the discourses of contemporary art in Asia.
Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought The Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT) is an international intellectual centre of the global Islamic movement.For the Institutes definition of the "global Islamic movement", see The Global Islamic Movement: Outline of a Grand Strategy, Kalim Siddiqui 1992 It consists of individual activists, journalists and academics from around the world who share a common commitment to developing the social and political ideology of Islam, and promoting their ideas and analysis as an alternative worldview to that of the western civilization.
Institute of Cornish Studies The Institute of Cornish Studies (ICS) started in 1970/71 as a research centre jointly funded by Exeter University and Cornwall County Council, with three core staff being employees of the University of Exeter.
Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a division of the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. It offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours).
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies The Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (abbreviation:IDSS) was established in July 1996 as an autonomous research institute within the Nanyang Technological University,Singapore. The current President of Singapore, Sellapan Ramanathan was the founding Director of the institute.
Institute of Design IIT Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is an international leader in teaching systemic, human-centered design. Graduate studies at ID focus on the development of advanced design methods and theories, and on the practical demonstration of their utility.
Institute of Development Management and Governance at UPLB The Institute of Development Management and Governance (IDMG) of the College of Public Affairs (CPAf), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) traces its history from the Management of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) program. The MARD program was created on 08 March 1979 to unify UPLB's effort in developing administrative and management technology for rural development and in developing leaders and professional managers for the rural sector.
Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research The Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research, or IDMR, is a religious group founded in 1931 by Henry Clifford Kinley. The group considers itself a school rather than a religion, using charts to teach the stories and messages of the Bible.
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) is the professional body which represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers, mainly in the United Kingdom but increasingly in Ireland and Europe, and the rest of the world.
Institute of Economic Affairs The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is the UK's pre-eminent free-market think-tank, founded in 1955. Its mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.
Institute of Education (Dublin) The Institute of Education (IOE) was founded in 1969 by Irish businessman, Raymond Kearns, and is currently one of the largest private secondary schools in Ireland. Unlike most other Irish secondary schools, the Institute only provides tuition for the final two years of the Leaving Certificate, fifth and sixth year.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e) is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 360,000 members in around 175 countries.
Institute of Engineering and Management Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM) is one of the privately funded technical and management school in West Bengal], [[India. Founded in the year 1986, it is the oldest private engineering school in the state of West Bengal.
Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan The Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (中華工程教育學會, literally Chinese Institute of Engineering Education) is a non-profit, non-governmenta; organization committed to accreditation of engineering and technology education programs in Taiwan.
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering is located at Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Institute for Environmental Sciences and Engineering is affiliated with National University of Science and Technology.
Institute of Exterior Cleaning The first organisation to represent window cleaners throughout Great Britain was started in the late 40s and became known as the National Federation of Master Window Cleaners, later the National Federation of Master Window and General Cleaners and now the Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC). It is commonly viewed as being stuck in the past and not very useful.
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information accessible. IFAS is the research and development center for Florida’s agricultural and natural resources industries that have an $87 billion annual impact.
Institute of Food Technologists The Institute of Food Technologists or IFT is an international, non-profit professional organization for the advancement of food science and technology. It is the largest of food science organizations in the world, encompassing 22,000 members worldwide as of 2006.
Institute of grassland and environmental research The Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) is one of eight research institutes funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The institute aims to determine viable options for grassland-dominated landscapes and land use systems that lead to a sustainable rural economy, a multi-functional healthy environment, and a safe and high quality food chain.
Institute of Geographical Information System Institute of Geographical Information System (IGIS) was established by National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) to focus on the educational needs of students in Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). IGIS is presenting a number of programmes starting from basic short courses and diploma courses and then leading to the degree level programmes like MS and Ph.
Institute of Handloom and Textile Technology Institute of Handloom and Textile Tehnology (IHTT) an Institute set up by the Kerala state Government (south India) for the Development of Hand loom Industry. IHTT conducts programmes for modernized technical education in hand loom and textile technology.
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) is a collaborative research centre based at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. While the bulk of the institute is located at a purpose built facility on the Kelvin Grove campus of QUT, a number of projects are conducted at sites across the three main QUT campuses (Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove and Carseldine).
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies The United Kingdom's Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies was founded in 1961 by Cecil Humphery-Smith. The Institute promotes research, study, and training in all aspects of family history, including heraldry.
Institute of Human Resources Development The Institute of Human Resources Development (IHRD) was established by the Government of Kerala in 1987, with the institutional centre at Thiruvananthapuram and Model polytechnics in 1988 at Vadakara, IHRD has grown within a short period into a network of more than 50 institutions. In addition to regular courses of study in acadamic establishments, IHRD also runs short and long term employment oriented and continuing education programmes.

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