Leverage Syracuse University's Research Capacity

Syracuse University, chartered in 1870, is an interdisciplinary research university with 13 schools and colleges, including many internationally recognized top-ranked programs. The University is committed to scholarship in action, reaching out and engaging with the world in a disciplined and programmatic way to forge meaningful connections between students, faculty, the University, the region--and beyond. Research at Syracuse University crosses disciplinary boundaries, pulling together institutional strengths in science and technology along with art, communications, policy, and business to create collaborative synergy, groundbreaking cross-disciplinary projects, and unprecedented innovation. The University supports both basic and applied research in engineering, computer science, life sciences, environmental science, chemistry, physics, social sciences, and more, and welcomes collaborative relationships with industry partners.

Many of Syracuse University's research strengths are reflected in its many prominent centers and institutes. SU is the lead institution in the Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (CoE), which brings together a dynamic group of world-class universities, research partners, corporations and economic development groups collaborating to develop new technologies, solutions, and applications that improve human health and productivity in built and urban environments. The Syracuse Biomaterials Institute (SBI) conducts interdisciplinary research in biomaterials, smart medical devices, and biological/tissue-engineered constructs, with special emphasis on fundamental and applied studies related to medical implants spanning cardiovascular, neurological, and orthopedic systems. The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) focuses on complex information-intensive systems, and has been a key contributor to the high-technology economy of New York State for more than 25 years, connecting SU's resources and research with the state's business community. SU recently launched CISAT, the Center for Information Security, Assurance, and Trust, to provide a focal point for SU's recognized expertise in systems security. The University's depth of expertise in information science also includes the Center for Natural Language Processing.

SU also boasts strengths in policy and social science, including the number one ranked Public Policy program in the U.S. at the Maxwell School. Maxwell's Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs works to extend, integrate, and focus the Maxwell School's commitment to exploring the international and global concerns raised by an interdependent world of diverse cultures, economies, and political systems; support interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects among teams of faculty and graduate students to work on understanding and solving critical world problems; maintain a productive dialogue between the academic and policymaking communities in the process of translating theory into practice. Other strengths include the university-wide Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), which is building the premier organization to advance civic, economic, and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society, and the Center for Health and Behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences, which seeks to facilitate research on the behavioral aspects of health.

Innovation lives in 30 different research centers across campus. Exciting discoveries are taking place in such wide-ranging areas as environmental and energy systems, biomaterials, human policy, and global affairs. Learn more about Syracuse University's research capabilities.