A research station is a facility that is built for the purpose of conducting scientific research.[1]​.

Research station sites may include remote areas of the world, oceans, and outer space, such as the International Space Station.[2]​.

Some research stations are located in the Arctic, such as the Northeast Research Station, the McGill Arctic Research Station, and the Himadri Station. Some stations in the Arctic are staffed drifting stations built on the ice of the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean.

Many nations also have research stations located in Antarctica; Showa base, Halley and Troll are examples.

There are also several research stations that conduct field ecological research, such as the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Comoé National Park Research Station in the northeastern savannahs of Côte d'Ivoire or the Gombe Research Station in Tanzania, where the famous chimpanzee research led by Jane Goodall was conducted.