We&#x27;ve been building this for a while and now have our first public release!<p>It&#x27;s a database of 48,598 research organisations around the world, many with added metadata. CC-BY, so you can grab it and use it in commercial applications. It&#x27;s been useful internally and we wanted to share it.<p>You can download the full db here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.grid.ac&#x2F;downloads" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.grid.ac&#x2F;downloads</a> or explore what&#x27;s present here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.grid.ac&#x2F;institutes" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.grid.ac&#x2F;institutes</a><p>And a final link, the announcement blog post: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.digital-science.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;news&#x2F;digital-science-launches-grid-a-new-global-open-database-offering-unique-information-on-research-organisations&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.digital-science.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;news&#x2F;digital-science-lau...</a><p>[I hope this fits in with show HN, although I&#x27;ve been around for a while this is my first submission]