NIST Boulder Laboratories

NIST Boulder is located in a rich research environment near the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder, and collaborates with industrial, academic, and government laboratories throughout the nation and the world. NIST and CU-Boulder jointly operate JILA, a world leader in atomic, molecular, and optical physics and precision measurement.

NIST Boulder has more than 350 scientific, technical, and support staff, and more than 300 visiting researchers, students, and contractors. NIST Boulder and NIST/JILA scientists have been awarded three Nobel Prizes in physics, a National Medal of Science, and two MacArthur Fellowship "genius grants."

With an annual research and measurement budget of about $100 million, NIST Boulder is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology, headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md.

Last updated: 2016-08-03 13:30

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