RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions. Founded in 1948, RAND has helped improve policy and decisionmaking through rigorous research and analysis for over 75 years. The organization conducts research across a uniquely broad front, addressing challenges in national security, health care, education, energy and environment, infrastructure and transportation, international affairs, science and technology, and social equity.
RAND operates with a commitment to objectivity and quality, free from political or commercial pressures. The organization employs experts across disciplines - including researchers, policy analysts, data scientists, and communications professionals - who work together to tackle the world's most consequential policy problems. RAND also operates four federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) and houses the RAND School of Public Policy, the oldest and largest public policy Ph.D. program in the United States. With headquarters in Santa Monica, California, and offices across the U.S., Europe, and Australia, RAND delivers insights that help make communities safer, more secure, healthier, and more prosperous.