Active research on nuclear fusion and related technologies is underway across the United States:
- DOE Office of Science: US Fusion Energy Sciences Program
- Fusion Power Associates
- General Atomics DIII-D National Fusion Facility
- Georgia Tech: Fusion Research Center
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: National Ignition Facility
- Los Alamos National Laboratory: Fusion Energy Sciences
- Michigan State: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering
- MIT: Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Naval Research Laboratory: Plasma Physics Division
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Fusion Nuclear Science
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratory: Fusion Energy Sciences
- Savannah River National Laboratory: Energy Security
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- University of California, Berkeley: Nuclear Engineering
- University of California, San Diego: Fusion Energy
- University of Maryland: Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics
- University of Michigan: Plasmas and Fusion Research
- University of Rochester: Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- University of Texas: Institute for Fusion Studies and Fusion Research Center
- University of Wisconsin: Fusion Technology Institute
- US Burning Plasma Organization
- U.S. Fusion Energy