GRID release 2020-06-29

A database of over 98,000 research institutes with persistent identifiers.<br>New GRID entries for:<br><br> - Missing institutes and centers of Fraunhofer Society - Missing institutes from the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (Japan) - Various Japanese universities - Institutions related to the Dimensions' 'COVID-19' collection - National Science Foundation South Africa - Facilities - ROR requests for additions (February, March, April and May 2020)<br>Metadata:<br><br> - GRID records without URL and with the types "Government", "Nonprofit" and "Company" - Update of ROR IDs (ROR release December 2019 Version 2)<br>QA:<br><br> - Review of University Systems in the US (SUNY, University System Wisconsin, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning) - Review of Dutch Research Council - Review of National and Provincial CDCs in China - Review of Australian Government - Review of Multinational Companies<br>Geonames data is CC-BY, and noted as such in the data.<br><br>