The American Institute of Afghanistan Stuies, founded in 2003, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the advanced study of Afghanistan in the United States of America. The institute is housed at Boston University in Massachusetts. The Institute is affiliated with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Since its founding many academic institutions from across the United States have become affiliated with the Institute. Among these are: Boston University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, New York University, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, and James Madison University.