| 2009 World Science Festival Partners |
| University Partners |
| New York University |
| Columbia University |
| The Rockefeller University |
| The City University of New York (CUNY) |
| Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |
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| Program Partners |
| American Museum of Natural History |
| The Hayden Planetarium |
| Liberty Science Center |
| New York Academy of Sciences |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| The Moth |
| The Museum of Modern Art |
| The New York Public Library |
| The New-York Historical Society |
| Rubin Museum of Art |
| 92nd Street Y |
| Bezos Family Foundation |
| Global Nomads Group |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Harlem DNA Lab |
