The following institutes were considerably involved in the development and characterization of the COST Microplasma Reference Source.

	Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)	Greifswald, Germany
	Open University	Milton Keynes, UK
	Experimental Physics II: Reactive Plasmas	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
	School of Physical Sciences and National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology	Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
	Eindhoven University of Technology	Eindhoven, The Netherlands
	York Plasma Institute	University of York, York, UK