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* Franchise/TheDCU:

** Project Cadmus was into [[LegoGenetics genetic engineering]]; its {{abandoned laborator|y}}ies are in some caverns near Metropolis. The most famous results of their work are ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}/Kon-El -- or S-13 as they labeled him -- and [[ComicBook/{{Guardian}} Golden Guardian]].
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark Industries]] often seems to fill this role, getting the credit for any real fancy tech that needs explaining, although it's primarily an armaments manufacturer that's diversified. [[Characters/MarvelComicsAIM A.I.M.]] ([[FunWithAcronyms Advanced Ideas Mechanics]]) is more of a criminal conspiracy with a heavy super-science bent, but it may sometimes work through front companies.

* Stark Industries in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse seems to be responsible for just about all technology more advanced than what is actually available in the present day -- except when their competitor Justin Hammer gets the blame. Hammer's stuff is often [[IncompetenceInc grossly unreliable]] and/or [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum salvaged alien tech]] (or a bad copy of a Stark development).

* Cyberdyne Systems were [[TimeyWimeyBall at one point]] the origin of the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}s'' and [[AIIsACrapshoot Skynet]].
* Antigen in ''Film/UnderworldAwakening'' focuses on medical research.

* Galactic Cybersystems Corporation in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' had a planet dedicated to R&D.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', being a LongRunner, has quite a few:
** Cybus Industries made the Cybermen ([[HumanResources mostly]]) and earpiece communicator thingies (that double as {{Mind Control Device}}s).
* When ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' gang infiltrates Lewis's workplace of [=DrugCo=], we see things like gigantic insects and interchangeable heads. They also offered large amounts of money for a man to test breast implants. Double if they pose for the calendar.

* Gizmonic Institute in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. We don't get a clear picture of ''what'' they do (Science things? Joel mentions cleaning up a Film/{{Flubber}} spill in the subbasement), but even a low-level janitor like Joel is a skilled, if eccentric, inventor.

* In ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'', the most prominent is March Industries. Originally started as a front company of [[GovernmentConspiracy MAJESTIC-12]] for advanced research, but after their collapse many ex-MAJESTIC personnel went to work at March (Including four former members of the MJ-12's Steering Committee). The reformed Delta Green can't shut down March since it's a major part of the Military-Industrial complex and are the only ones with know-how to research alien technologies and the paranormal. So the Program made an alliance (or better said, an [[KeepingTheEnemyClose uneasy truce]]) to have March make research for them, while March executives abuse that position to profit and maybe take their position back in the future.

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* The ''Website/SCPFoundation'' has a dedicated research staff who study the paranormal, primarily to figure out how to [[ArtifactCollectionAgency track down, capture]] and [[TailorMadePrison safely contain]] the things they've already encountered, secondarily to try to [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic figure out how the paranormal in general works]], and thirdly to figure out how to use the paranormal to create resources the Foundation can use (which is part of the reason the Foundation is an OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding).

* Yoglabs from ''LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}'' is mod testing disguised as this.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fanfiction, [[spoiler:Apex Cybernetics]] are this; printing blueprints for protective suits and vehicles designed to enable soldiers to survive amidst [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]] in mind.

* In ''VideoGame/BioShock'', Fontaine Industries, Ryan Industries and Sinclair Solutions are among the {{Mega Corp}}s who heavily and agresively invested in research, whether in [[PsychoSerum ADAM]] or other fields. ''VideoGame/Bioshock2: Minervas Den'' feature very advanced artificial intelligences, even compared to the ones available on 2022.
** ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' also features Fink Industries, but it's eventually revealed their "research" amounts mostly at stealing secrets from other timelines.
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' has pharmaceutical giant Versalife, which even has [[ElaborateUndergroundBase secret underground labs]].
* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' has an entire field of biotech corporations specializing in researching and developing new [[{{Cyborg}} mechanical augmentations]], the most prominent of which are Sarif Industries, Tai Yong Medical and Darrow Industries, the latter of which has shifted to geoengineering to combat global warming.

* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': Future Tech is a Netherlands-based company that provides the Allies with just about all their higher-tech weapons, including freeze weaponry, the proton collider, and the chronosphere. They get upgraded to villain status (including VillainProtagonist) in the expansion, when their CEO plans something sinister involving stopping time.

* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark Industries]] often seems to fill this role, getting the credit for any real fancy tech that needs explaining, although it's primarily an armaments manufacturer that’s diversified. Characters/{{AIM}} ([[FunWithAcronyms Advanced Ideas Mechanics]]) is more of a criminal conspiracy with a heavy super-science bent, but it may sometimes work through front companies.

* Bradford Labs in ''Film/InspectorGadget''.
* Stark Industries in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse seems to be responsible for just about all technology more advanced than what is actually available in the present day -- except when their competitor Justin Hammer gets the blame. Hammer’s stuff is often [[IncompetenceInc grossly unreliable]] and/or [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum salvaged alien tech]] (or a bad copy of a Stark development).

* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' has a GaslampFantasy variation of this: the organization Pandora ([[NamesTheSame unrelated to that from]] ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'') was made for the express purpose of studying [[EldritchLocation the Abyss]], [[OurMonstersAreDifferent the Chains]], [[RealityWarper the Will of the Abyss]], and their impact on the real world. The true object of their research is kept secret from the general public, and the main character only learns the truth after getting thrown into the Abyss himself and being forced to join the organization.

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has a dedicated research staff who study the paranormal, primarily to figure out how to [[ArtifactCollectionAgency track down, capture]] and [[TailorMadePrison safely contain]] the things they've already encountered, secondarily to try to [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic figure out how the paranormal in general works]], and thirdly to figure out how to use the paranormal to create resources the Foundation can use (which is part of the reason the Foundation is an OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding).