The following institutes and working groups together form the NRW-FAIR network.

• Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  
  • Institute for Experimental Physics I
    • Working group Prof. Fritsch
    • Working group Prof. Ritman
    • Working group Prof. Wiedner
  • Institute for Theoretical Physics II
    
    • Working group Prof. Epelbaum
    • Working group Prof. Polyakov (deceased, succession pending)

• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
  • Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics
    
    • Working group PD Kubis
    • Working group Prof. Meißner
    • Working group PD Rusetsky
    • Working group Jun.-Prof. Thiel
    • Working group Prof. Thoma

• Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)
    
    • Working group Prof. Hanhart
    • Working group Prof. Luu
    • Working group Prof. Meißner
    • Working group Nogga
    • Working group Rönchen
  • Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
    
    • Working group Prof. Krieg
   

• Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  • Institute for Nuclear Physics
    
    • Working group Prof. Andronic
    • Working group Prof. Khoukaz
   

• Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  
  • Astroparticle Physics
    
    • Working group Prof. Kampert
  • Theoretical particle physics
    • Working group Prof. Borsányi
    • Working group Prof. Fodor
    • Working group Prof. Günther
    • Working group Prof. Knechtli

• GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung

Groups not currently involved, but likely to be involved in the future: 

• Universität Bielefeld
  
  • Theoretical Particle Physics
    
    • Working group Prof. Borghini

• Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  
  • Astronomical Institute
    
    • Working group Prof. Hildebrandt
    • Working group Prof. Franckowiak

• Universität zu Köln
  
  • Institute for Nuclear Physics
    
    • Working group Prof. Jolie
    • Working group Prof. Reiter
    • Working group Prof. Zilges