Constituent institutions:
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) and its institute
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and its institute
- Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), with the the fourteen affiliated Dutch research universities, including the university medical centres (UMCs)
Other affiliated institutions:
- Sanquin Blood Supply
- University of Humanistic Studies
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
- Foundation Wageningen Research (formerly DLO Foundation)
- Netherlands institute for health services research (NIVEL)
- Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn (TUA)
- Theological University in Kampen (TU Kampen)
- Protestant Theological University (PThU)
- Amsterdam School of Real Estate (ASRE)
- Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
- Nyenrode Business Universiteit (NBU)
- WODC (Research and Documentation Centre)
- CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
- Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
- The Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (Vereniging Hogescholen)
- ZonMw