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National Center for Atmospheric Research
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a federally funded research center in Boulder, Colorado, established in 1960 and sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), NLM/NIH division in Bethesda, Maryland, established November 4, 1988; maintains GenBank, PubMed, PubMed Central, BLAST, Entrez, and ClinVar, over 40 databases with 3 million daily visitors.
National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
The National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD Center) was a DHS Center of Excellence co-led by Texas A&M and Kansas State, established in 2004.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
NCPTT is the National Park Service's preservation science research and training center in Natchitoches, Louisiana, created by the 1992 NHPA amendment, administering Preservation Technology and Training Grants of up to $40,000.
National Center for Science Education
The National Center for Science Education is an Oakland, California nonprofit founded in 1982 that defends accurate teaching of evolution and climate change in schools.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is a supercomputing research center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, founded by the NSF in 1985 and home to Blue Waters.
National Center for Toxicological Research
The National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), established in 1971, is the FDA's research arm in Jefferson, Arkansas, and its only center outside Washington, D.C.
National Center for Traditional Arts
National Center for Traditional Arts (國立傳統藝術中心, NCFTA), Taiwan's Ministry of Culture agency for preserving and promoting traditional arts; operates the 24-hectare Yilan Park on the Dongshan River, the Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center in Taipei, and a Kaohsiung Park, with resident troupes including Guoguang Opera Company and National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan.
National Center for Women & Information Technology
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is an American nonprofit, founded in 2004 and based at the University of Colorado Boulder, that works to increase girls' and women's participation in computing.
National Central University
National Central University (国立中央大学) was a national university of the Republic of China, formed in Nanjing in 1927 and moved to Chongqing during the war with Japan.
National Centre for Infectious Diseases
National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID; 国家传染病中心), Singapore's 330-bed national infectious disease facility in Novena, opened 7 September 2019, replacing the 1907 Communicable Disease Centre; led COVID-19 response; public health functions moved to CDA in 2025.
National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院), the "Giant Egg", is Beijing's national opera house, concert hall and theatre complex on West Chang'an Avenue, designed by Paul Andreu, opened in 2007.
National Chengchi University (国立政治大学)
National Chengchi University (國立政治大學, NCCU), founded 1927 in Nanjing and reestablished in Taipei in 1954, is a leading Taiwanese public university for humanities, social sciences, commerce, communication and public administration with about 16,000 students.
National Cherry Blossom Festival
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is Washington, DC's annual four-week spring festival commemorating the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki, drawing about 1.6 million attendees.
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (1986, Pub. L. 99-660), U.S. law creating the no-fault National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Office of Special Masters, Vaccine Injury Table, $0.75-per-dose excise tax, and VAERS reporting requirements.
National Citizen Party (জাতীয় নাগরিক পার্টি)
National Citizen Party (NCP, জাতীয় নাগরিক পার্টি; Jatiya Nagorik Party), Bangladesh's first student-led political party, founded 28 February 2025 by July uprising leaders including Nahid Islam; joined Jamaat-led alliance, won 6 seats in 2026.
National Civil Aviation Agency (Brazil)
The National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil, ANAC) is Brazil's civil aviation regulator, created in 2005 to replace the Air Force's Department of Civil Aviation.
National Civil Rights Museum
National Civil Rights Museum: Memphis museum opened 1991 at the former Lorraine Motel, site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s April 4, 1968 assassination. Nonprofit-run, AAM-accredited, with 260 artifacts and a reimagined Legacy Experience reopened in 2026.
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation that owned and ran Britain's nationalized coal-mining industry from 1 January 1947, becoming British Coal in 1987.
National Coalition (Үндэсний эвсэл) (Mongolia)
National Coalition (Үндэсний эвсэл), Mongolian political coalition led by N. Nomtoibayar, uniting the Mongolian National Democratic Party and Mongolian Green Party; won 4 of 126 State Great Khural seats with 75,196 votes in its first 2024 election under the slogan "Let's All Get Rich".
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) was a government in exile formed by MPs elected in Burma's annulled 1990 election, led by Prime Minister Sein Win.
National Coalition Party
The National Coalition Party (Kansallinen Kokoomus, or Kokoomus) is a Finnish liberal-conservative, center-right party founded in 1918; its leader Petteri Orpo has been prime minister since 2023, and Alexander Stubb won the 2024 presidency.
National Collection of Yeast Cultures
National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC), UK yeast culture collection at Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich. Over 4,400 strains, 600+ brewing strains, Budapest Treaty IDA, ISO 9001, liquid nitrogen and freeze-dried preservation.
National College Television
National College Television (NCTV), also called the National College Television Network, was a US cable network for college campuses, distributed via Campus Network, airing entertainment and student shows from 1984 into the early 1990s.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): member-led US college sports governing body, founded 1906 as IAAUS, renamed 1910. Over 1,100 schools in three divisions; House settlement 2025 allows $20.5M revenue sharing.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Philippines, founded in 1924 by Dr. Regino R. Ylanan, is the country's oldest collegiate athletic league, distinct from the US NCAA and the UAAP, with ten member schools and a 2024 centennial Season 100.
National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day, October 11, founded 1988 by Jean O'Leary and Robert Eichberg after the 1987 March on Washington; now organized by HRC, observed in the US and Canada, celebrating coming out and living openly.
National Commission for Backward Classes (राष्ट्रीय पिछड़ा वर्ग आयोग)
National Commission for Backward Classes (राष्ट्रीय पिछड़ा वर्ग आयोग, NCBC), India's constitutional body under Article 338B safeguarding socially and educationally backward classes (OBCs); set up 1993, constitutional status 2018, advises on central OBC lists and 27 percent reservation.
National Commission for Minorities (राष्ट्रीय अल्पसंख्यक आयोग)
National Commission for Minorities (राष्ट्रीय अल्पसंख्यक आयोग), India's statutory watchdog under the NCM Act 1992 for six notified religious minorities, with civil-court powers, a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and five Members, reconstituted in 2026 after vacancies.
National Commission for Scheduled Castes (राष्ट्रीय अनुसूचित जाति आयोग)
National Commission for Scheduled Castes (राष्ट्रीय अनुसूचित जाति आयोग, NCSC): India's constitutional body under Article 338 safeguarding Scheduled Castes; Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and three Members; recommendatory powers, civil-court powers for inquiry only.