MRIGlobal

MRIGlobal
FormerlyMidwest Research Institute
Company typeNonprofit scientific research institute
Industry
FoundedKansas City, Missouri (June 17, 1944 (1944-06-17))
FounderKansas City-area business leaders
Headquarters425 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Services
Number of employees
550 (in FY13)
Websitewww.mriglobal.org

MRIGlobal is an independent, nonprofit, applied research organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, with offices also in Virginia, Maryland, and North Kansas City, Missouri. In addition to its own research laboratories, MRIGlobal co-manages the National Renewable Energy Laboratory research facility for the Department of Energy as part of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy.

MRIGlobal produces solutions to biological, chemical, and engineering challenges by performing research and development services for health and defense-focused organizations. This includes expertise in pharmaceutical research and clinical trial support, infectious disease biosurveillance and diagnostics development, biological and chemical threat agent detection, and laboratory management and operations.