AUI

AUI

Washington, DC, United States

Science & ResearchEducation
International reach
Profile last updated: May 9, 2026

About

AUI is a non-profit organisation based in Washington, United States working on science & research, education.

AUI is a non-profit organisation that manages scientific facilities for the research community and the federal government. It was created to establish and manage Brookhaven National Laboratory, pioneered the user facility model, and manages U.S. radio astronomy assets including the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, the Green Bank Telescope and the Very Long Baseline Array. It also leads the ALMA Observatory in Chile in partnership with international partners. AUI supports education and public outreach and works to build a diverse scientific enterprise. It operates from offices in Washington, DC, Vienna and Charlottesville in Virginia, Socorro in New Mexico, Green Bank in West Virginia, and Santiago, Chile.

Location

Washington, United States

Focus areas

radio astronomyscientific facilitiesresearchALMANational Radio Astronomy Observatory

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Science & ResearchEducation

How they work

Awareness & educationCapacity building

Programmes

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory

Science & Research · Chile

International radio astronomy observatory that AUI helps build, operate and lead as part of a partnership with Europe, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Chile.

NRAO Jansky Fellowship Program

Science & Research

Fellowship supporting early-career scientists and engineers in conducting independent research related to the mission of the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

AUI Labs

Science & Research

Incubator addressing national challenges such as cybersecurity.

Countries of operation

United StatesChile

Funding & support

Ways to support

Donate

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

U.S. National Science Foundation

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