Top 35 Institutions in North America

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Top 35 Institutions in North America

Rank	Rank in 2005	Name/Location	Country	Type	Strengths		Weaknesses
1	12	The J. David Gladstones Institutes, San Francisco	USA	Independent	Networking	Family	Benefits	Remuneration
2	2	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle	USA	Private	Career	Communication	Family	Equity
3	1	US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC	USA	Government	Benefits	Remuneration	Funding	Equity
4	22	Emory University, Atlanta, GA	USA	Academic	Family	Communication	Career	Value
5	3	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC	USA	Government	Facilities	Communication	Funding	Benefits
6	40	Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia	USA	Private	Training	Communication	Value	Family
7	15	National Institute of Diabetes & Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD	USA	Government	Networking	Career	Family	Benefits
8	6	Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY	USA	Government	Training	Family	Funding	Career
9	4 in nonUS	Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canada	Academic	Funding	Remuneration	Benefits	Training
10	66	USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD	USA	Government	Remuneration	Benefits	Funding	Career
11	9	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA	USA	Independent	Career	Remuneration	Facilities	Benefits
12	-	Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY	USA	Independent	Communication	Facilities	Value	Remuneration
13	8	National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD	USA	Government	Networking	Funding	Equity	Benefits
14	-	Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis	USA	Independent	Facilities	Networking	Communication	Family
15	28	Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	USA	Academic	Funding	Career	Training	Equity
16	73	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	USA	Academic	Benefits	Communication	Value	Funding
17	88	Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	USA	Academic	Value	Communication	Funding	Remuneration
18	-	US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH	USA	Government	Remuneration	Benefits	Training	Equity
19	23	University of Alabama at Birmingham	USA	Academic	Career	Training	Benefits	Equity
20	-	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ	USA	Government	Equity	Value	Benefits	Funding
21	57	University of California, Davis	USA	Academic	Value	Equity/Benefits	Communication	Funding
22	36	Duke University, Durham, NC	USA	Academic	Value	Career	Networking	Funding
23	16	Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	USA	Academic	Career	Communication	Benefits	Equity
24	20	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN	USA	Independent	Facilities	Training/Career	Funding	Networking
25	-	University of Illinois, Urbana	USA	Academic	Benefits	Equity	Remuneration	Career
26	13	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge	USA	Academic	Networking	Facilities	Funding	Remuneration
27	49	Rockefeller University, New York	USA	Academic	Career	Value	Remuneration	Family
28	10	Washington University, Saint Louis, MO	USA	Academic	Value	Remuneration	Networking	Equity
29	11	The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston	USA	Academic	Funding	Career/Facilities	Networking	Value
30	97	National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD	USA	Government	Training	Career	Equity/Family	Benefits
31	51	University of California, San Francisco	USA	Academic	Career	Funding	Family	Remuneration
32	44	University of Iowa, Iowa City	USA	Academic	Family	Remuneration	Training	Career
33	104	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	USA	Academic	Benefits	Remuneration	Funding	Career
34	-	North Dakota State University, Fargo	USA	Academic	Benefits	Facilities	Remuneration	Career
35	6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	USA	Academic	Career	Funding	Facilities	Benefits