At Stony Brook, we do not accept today’s circumstances as tomorrow’s reality. We have many active research programs with huge potential to make the world better, but they need more resources, facilities, and tools to reach the next level. Researchers at Stony Brook are on a mission to pursue big ideas to solve urgent challenges.

Historic research happens at Stony Brook because we have the right ingredients for success: talent across fields, an ethos of thinking big, and the drive to make a real impact. Our faculty and students have made scientific breakthroughs, developed cutting-edge technology, and pioneered life-saving healthcare research. Together, we can build what’s next.

• AI for engineering innovation
  • Amplify human intelligence across many Stony Brook projects designed to improve the way we work — including a robot that assists people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and “smart” concrete that automatically shares the condition of roads and bridges.
• A quantum network to solve challenges
  • Help unlock the power of quantum computing, which stores and transmits data at an unprecedented speed to tackle monumental challenges like predicting natural disasters, accelerating drug discovery, and making information immune to hacking.
• Purpose-driven research environments
  • Build new places to bring ideas to life — including adding a new chemistry research wing, creating a new Integrated Engineering and Science building, and expanding the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science.
• New research addressing urgent needs
  • Foster what’s next as challenges arise — helping faculty and students generate the proof of principle needed to win federal grants and create self-sustaining initiatives across disciplines.
• Accomplished faculty to lead programs
  • Support endowed chairs and professorships in their mission to recruit more innovative, highly accomplished faculty to bring their talent to Stony Brook.