Research

MissionTriangle diagram showing SUNY Poly’s three focus areas: top—Information Technology, AI, Cybersecurity, and Quantum; bottom left—Business and Advanced Manufacturing; bottom right—Health and Biomedical Sciences. Inside the triangle are stacked priorities: Research, Innovation, Workforce Development, Economic Prosperity, Industry-Driven Programs, and Community Impact, over a faint SUNY Poly seal background.

SUNY Poly advances cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research that drives innovation, advances knowledge, and impacts society, at large. By leveraging partnerships and investments, the campus accelerates research breakthroughs, strengthens academic excellence, and delivers real-world impact across industries and communities. 

Vision

With a trifecta vision, SUNY Poly will remain a premier, public research-intensive university recognized globally for its impacts in the areas of:

  • Information Technology, AI, Cyber, and Quantum
  • Health and Biomedical Sciences
  • Business and Advanced Manufacturing
Mechanical engineering student working with lab equipment
Health sciences students gaining hands-on clinical experience
Student works with artificial intelligence technology in research center
Biology professor guiding a student during laboratory work
Student participating in interactive digital art exhibit
Business students collaborating on a group project

Stats

With new graduate programs on the horizon, SUNY Poly is set to accelerate its remarkable research growth and attract even more external funding. In 2024–2025 the campus celebrated:

14

New interdisciplinary research centers

35

Active research contracts with federal agencies

$3.5M

Distributed as seed funding

8

Technology disclosures & patent filings

68%

Year-over-year increase in external funding

×4

Jump in sponsored research expenditures (2020–21 to 2024–25)

Campus Research

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