Note: The list is created by me and not intended to be a comprehensive source for all research centres and exhibition spaces of contemporary art based in the UK. However, I am  planning to expand the list as these centres carry out, develop and produce the most innovative art projects.

MIRIAD- Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

http://www.miriad.mmu.ac.uk/

TRAIN- Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation, University of the Arts, London, UK

http://www.transnational.org.uk/

ADELPHI- Adelphi Research Institute for Creative Arts and Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, UK

http://www.adelphi.salford.ac.uk/

Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art, University College London, London, UK

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/research/csca

The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK

http://www.courtauld.ac.uk

The Leeds School of Contemporary Art & Graphic Design, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/as/cagd/

Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK

http://www.gold.ac.uk/about/research-projects/

Centre for Contemporary Art, University of Central Lancashire

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/creative_performing_arts/contemporary_art/index.php

ICA- Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

http://www.ica.org.uk/

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

http://www.scva.org.uk/

SITUATIONS – Commissioning and Research Programme, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

http://www.situations.org.uk

STILLS- Scotland’s leading centre for research, production, and exhibition of contemporary art focusing on lens-based and digital technologies, Edinburgh, UK

http://stills.org.duvien.dev.inigo.net/