The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.

Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, Long Island, in the metropolitan area of New York.

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890.

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus (Danforth) mostly split between St. Louis County and Clayton, Missouri