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September 14, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Chancellor King announced the 2026 Technology Accelerator Fund awards. Read more: SUNY Chancellor King Announces Funding for Groundbreaking Technologies to Improve Lives and Protect New Yorkers.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Professor Kristen Corbosiero's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Her contributions to media reporting about storms accounted for 260 (67%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Where Have All the Atlantic Hurricanes Gone? El Nino Might Bring Record Slow Storm Season.

From left professor Nancy Guo and Assistant professor John Fetse from Binghamton University

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Nancy Guo and Assistant Professor John Fetse and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: AI Cancer Detection, RNA Therapy Research at Binghamton Backed by SUNY Fund.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Professor Gary Saulnier's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: UAlbany Engineer is Heading to the FDA for Approval of Noninvasive Lung Monitor for Premature Infants.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Postdoctoral Association awarded Dr. Alexandra Kuvaeva a fellowship. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Coverage accounted for 30 (8%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Six Postdocs Selected for NPA IMPACT Fellowship Program Class of 2027.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Morrisville manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Researchers have access to new resources. Read more: New Cameras Track Owls on New York Campus.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Professor Mark Seery's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Seery's led a national study in 2010 that was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Read more: Gen X and Boomers Who’ve Been Through A Divorce, A Layoff, and a Parent’s Funeral No Longer Have Patience for 8 Things Younger People Call a Crisis.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Assistant Professor Tuhin Chakrabarty's sponsored research grant and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Media coverage of Dr. Chakrabarty paper on the use of generative artificial intelligence in publishing continues. Coverage accounted for 7 (2%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: AI Books Are Flooding Amazon.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Philip Goyal's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Goyal published in Foundations of Physics. Read more: Reconstructing Quantum Theory: From Complementarity to Quantum Properties Operationally.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Three months after a campus news release, there is continued media coverage of a team of researchers who published a paper in the Northeast Journal of Complex Systems using information theory to solve Wordle with a 99% success rate. The coverage accounted for 11 (3%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Researchers Use Math to Ensure a Wordle Win 99% of the Time.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants at the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. 6 researchers at the institute published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Read more: AI Coach Helps Parents of Autistic Children Boost Communication During Storytime.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Sean Clouston's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Media coverage of the World Trade Center Health Program at Rutgers University cites Dr. Clouston's 2024 paper in JAMA Network Open. Coverage accounted for 28 (7%) of the 390 mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Philly 9/11 Responders Inhaled A ‘Witch's Brew' Of Toxic Dust. Now They're Sick with Deadly Diseases.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Hadar K. Shimshon published his study on changes to licensing in the Archives of Dermatological Research. Read more: Pass/Fail Step 1 Reshapes the Research Race for Top Dermatology Residency Spots.

Binghamton University President Anne D'Alleva in green academic regalia and ceremonial chain inaugurated as the University’s eighth president, with graduates and international flags in the background during a formal investiture ceremony on Oct. 2, 2026

Binghamton University President Anne D'Alleva serves on the Board of Directors for The Research Foundation for SUNY. Her inauguration is on October 2, 2026. Read more: Binghamton University to Inaugurate Anne D’Alleva as Eighth President, Celebrate 80 Years of Excellence.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Associate Professor Hassan Arbab and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation for SUNY also provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Read more: Stony Brook Receives Seed Funding Through SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. "Lisa Gilroy, associate vice president for research and Research Foundation operations manager, said the research spending figures represent an exciting milestone." Read more: Binghamton Surpasses $100M In Research Spending.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. NY Creates and Micron held a signing ceremony. Read more: The NY Creates and Micron Technology Joint Apprenticeship Program Welcomes First Cohort.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Shira Gabriel and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gabriel was a guest on a university podcast. Read more: Shira Gabriel And The Science Of Belonging.

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Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the Brookhaven National Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of Stony Brook University. Stony Brook will work with the lab on an eighth Genesis Mission award associated with the university. Read more: Brookhaven Lab to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation’s Electric Grid Through Genesis Mission.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

September 11, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The University provided technical training that enabled the Dominican Republic to develop its first microchip as a part of its STEM Transforma RD initiative. Read more: The First University Microchip Developed in the Dominican Republic Was Presented.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Sean Clouston's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Tom Llamas interviewed Dr. Clouston about his work helping Ground Zero responders. Mentions of this interview accounted for 61 (42%) of the 146 mentions of SUNY research in the last 24 hours. Read more: The Cost of Denial.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Distinguished Professor Michel Bruneau's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bruneau reflects on his work near the World Trade Center. Read more: The 9/11 Responders From WNY: UB Civil Engineer Studied The Buildings That Didn’t Fall.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY's workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support, enabling staffing, benefits, and payroll for research assistants. Olivia Mickles reflects on her time as a research assistant with the World Trade Center Health Program. Read more: Remembering the stories they carry, 25 years later. Read more: Remembering The Stories They Carry, 25 Years Later.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Susan Appe wrote an article in The Conversation about her research. Mentions of this article accounted for 16 (11%) of the 146 mentions of SUNY research in the last 24 hours. Read more: How Diaspora Groups In The US Are Responding To Disasters In Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and Other Homelands.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from SUNY Upstate Medical University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: Cardiologist Leads Team in Developing Bleeding Risk Scoring System.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from Stony Brook University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: New Electrochemical Method Boosts Ocean Alkalinity to Capture Carbon.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from SUNY Upstate Medical University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: Avoiding Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Enables Dengue Prevention And Treatment.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. Inventors from Stony Brook University have a new technology available for licensing. Read more: Graphene Oxide Film Enables New Dew Point Meter Design.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Research Scientist Cheng Zhang was a co-author of a paper that received Best Paper Honorable Mention from the European Conference on Computer Vision. Read more: Just Now, The Winners Of ECCV Best Paper Awards Have Been Announced.

Binghamton University studen Madison Cardiel kneeling at the Amache National Historic Site, a former World War II Japanese internment camp in Colorado

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Professor Ruth Van Dyke's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Madison Cardiel, a student in her lab, spent the summer conducting field work. Read more: Digging Into History: Archeology Student Investigates World War II Internment Camp.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Governor Hochul announced a new initiative, "...led by the University at Buffalo...[that will]...connect researchers and specialized facilities at Binghamton University, SUNY Downstate, SUNY College of Optometry, and SUNY Upstate Medical University." Read more: SUNY Brain Institute awards $500k grant to Binghamton for advanced dementia research.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Governor Hochul announced a new initiative, "...led by the University at Buffalo...[that will]...connect researchers and specialized facilities at Binghamton University, SUNY Downstate, SUNY College of Optometry, and SUNY Upstate Medical University." Read more: SUNY Optometry Awarded $1.5 Million Through SUNY BRAIN Institute to Establish First-in-Nation SUNY Eye Biobank.

September 10, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures across 30 operating locations spread across New York. Governor Hochul announced a new initiative, "...led by the University at Buffalo...[that will]...connect researchers and specialized facilities at Binghamton University, SUNY Downstate, SUNY College of Optometry, and SUNY Upstate Medical University." Read more: SUNY Launches $10 Million Brain Institute Network and UB Awarded $5 Million To Lead SUNY Brain Institute Network On Age-Related Brain Disorders and UB Receives $5 Million For Brain Disorder Research and Governor Hochul Announces First Phase of the SUNY Brain Institute to Fuel SUNY Excellence in Life-Saving Research.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Syracuse City Council approved a $55K contract with the university on August 24, 2026, to complete a formal study on suspension of the residency requirement for the Syracuse Police. Read more: ‘Beyond Urgent’: Syracuse Tries To Rebuild A Rapidly Shrinking Police Force.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Assistant Professor Cosan Daskiran's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Daskiran's work with colleagues at Georgia Tech is supported by a $590K grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more: Oil-bubble research could lead to technological breakthroughs for the environment, medicine, and more and Oil-Bubble Study May Spark Tech Advances in Environment.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Associate Professor Yekaterina Bezrukova's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bezrukova's study was published in the Research Handbook on Group Decision Making. Read more: Successful Teams Are About More Than Individual Talent and Successful Teams Are About More Than Individual Talent. 

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Siemens and the Binghamton-led Battery-NY initiative are working to apply research outcomes to a production environment. Read more: Siemens & Battery-NY Build Digitalized Pilot Factory for U.S. Battery Manufacturing.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages Associate Professor Emanuela Gionfriddo's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Gionfriddo is scheduled to appear on next episode of Concentrating on Chromatography. Read more: Concentrating on Chromatography.

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The New York Sea Grant program is a partnership between the State University of New York and Cornell University and one of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Research Foundation for SUNY provides staffing services to New York Sea Grant and administers and manages its grants to SUNY campuses to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Read more: New York Sea Grant Launches Coastal Resilience Network For Local Governments.

UAlbany researchers Sukanta Basu (left), Xin Li and June Wang stand in front of screens inside the xCITE Laboratory at ETEC

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Sukanta Baus and Xin Li, and Associate Professor Junhong (June) Wang, and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. They are working with colleagues from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Read more: UAlbany Researchers Partner with NASA to Build AI Tool for Predicting Power Outages.

From left PhD students Zuer Wu and Chen Lin standing in the biomedical engineering lab at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages Assistant Professor Siyuan Rao's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Two of the PhD candidates who work in her Neurobiological Interfaces Lab, Chen Lin and Zuer Wu, received predoctoral fellowships from the National Institutes of Health and the New York State Department of Health, respectively. Read more: Biomedical Engineering Phd Students Win Research Fellowships to Study Spinal-Cord Injuries.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. NY Creates is working with industry stakeholders on a new initiative. Read more: NY Creates Announces Participation in 12-Inch Mask Industry Initiative to Advance High NA EUV Lithography Ecosystem.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury manages Assistant Professor Renu Balyan's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Business-Higher Education Forum selected Dr. Balyan as a 2026 Faculty Innovation Fellow. Read more: Business-Higher Education Forum Tabs Computer Science

Scientists lower a hollow metal tube (a freeze core) filled with dry ice and ethanol to collect sediment samples from the lake bottom. Like rings of a tree, each layer of sediment in Crawford Lake can be dated to a specific year

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Assistant Professor Matthew Emory is the co-author of a study in Molecular Ecology. Read more: Ancient DNA reveals 1,000 years of human–environment interactions at Crawford Lake.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

September 9, 2026

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages Associate Professor Sharon Bryant's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Bryant, Assistant Professor Rosemary Collier, and Postdoctoral Researcher Danielle Ongondo published in the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease. Postdoctoral researchers receive employee appointments with The Research Foundation for SUNY to conduct advanced research and provide training in a field of expertise after earning a PhD or MD. Read more: Study Finds Social, Financial, and Healthcare Factors Shape Resilience in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Nine researchers at Stony Brook published their findings in Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids. Read more: HMN 2026: How New therapy shrinks tumors to treat lung cancer.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Research Foundation looks forward to supporting Dr. Ludmil Katzarkov's work. Read more: Internationally Renowned Algebraic Geometer Named Director of Stony Brook’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Albany credits its growing research enterprise for its ranking by Money. Read more: UAlbany Earns National, Global Recognition in Latest College Rankings.

From left, professor Robert Thacker and Associate Professor Elizabeth Watson

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Robert Thacker and Associate Professor Elizabeth Watson and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Both received separate awards from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Read more: Stony Brook University Professors Awarded More Than $270K by New York State DEC.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, students, and affiliated organizations with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

September 8, 2026

From left to right New Paltz students Marwa Zeroual, David Cacsire Mason Hernandez and their faculty advisor, Associate Professor Ping-Chuan Wang standing in front of their poster on their 3D-printed cooling device at the AC2 Summer Research Program

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY New Paltz manages sponsored grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students participating in the AC² Summer Research Program used the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center for their project. Read more: SUNY New Paltz Students Build Device To Curb Data Center Water Use.

3D aerial view of NY Creates Nanotech complex

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Thomas Dyer and Kevin Fealey, working with colleagues from MIT, published in Optica. Read more: Transparent Silicon-Photonics Chips Enable Advanced Curved Displays.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Mohamed Rami Nakeshbandi and Dr. Enitza George contributed to an article analyzing the implications of technology. Read more: ‘Technology Must Earn Its Place’: 32 Clinical IT Leaders’ Watchouts.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages Associate Professor Chang Geun Yoo's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Yoo and Nara Han, working with colleagues from Cornell and the Georgia Institute of Technology, published in Waste Biomass Valor. Read more: Agricultural Waste Turned Into Sustainable Supramolecular Fibers Via Wet Spinning.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants at the Lake Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. 14 students in the Storm Forecasting and Observation Program learned how to chase storms and forecast weather. Read more: Chasing Storms For Real-Life Experience.

3D aerial view of NY Creates Nanotech complex

The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. Researchers from MIT and NY Creates created a semiconductor fabrication process. Read more: Fabrication Platform Could Enable Flexible, Transparent Next-Generation Photonic Chips.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Assistant Professor Kristen Brock-Petroshius' sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Russell Sage Foundation awarded Dr. Brock-Petroshius a grant to research inequality. Read more: Kristen Brock-Petroshius Receives Russell Sage Grant.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Cobleskill a $30K grant. Read more: College Awarded USDA Grant to Develop Virtual Reality Course in Agricultural Engineering.

Assistant professor Mobin Karimi in a microbiology laboratory coat standing in front of colorful genomic data charts

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages Assistant Professor Mobin Karimi's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr Karimi received a new award. Read more: $3.3 Million NIH Grant Funds Upstate Research Into New Immunotherapy For Leukemia.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Benjamin Luft's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Luft reflects on his work with the Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program. Read more: 25 Years After 9/11, Benjamin Luft Reflects on a Legacy of Healing and Listening.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides SUNY faculty, staff, and students with intellectual property and technology transfer services that fuel innovation and bring ideas and inventions to market. NewYorkBIO will host a mini-pitch day at the University at Buffalo. Read more: Media Advisory: 10 Life Sciences Companies to Pitch Emerging Health Technologies at UB On Sept. 10.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Five faculty members received grants to support their research. Read more: Five Faculty Win Stony Brook University Trustees Faculty Awards.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Research Professors Marcus Thomeer and Christopher Lopata and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Thomeer and Dr. Lopata, working with colleagues from Canisius University, published in Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Read more: Autistic Children Ages 4-6 Showed Improved Social Skills After Summer Program Conducted By UB’s Institute For Autism Research.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Sloan Foundation "...supports high-quality, impartial scientific research, fosters a diverse scientific workforce and promotes the health of the institutions of scientific endeavor." Read more: Stony Brook Receives Sloan Foundation Grant to Strengthen Doctoral Education.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored grants from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The grants help address disparities in oral health care. Read more: Mobile Dental Van (S-Miles To Go).

An AI rendering of the planned Digital Twin Studio in development at Stony Brook University

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Stony Brook is building a new platform to support research. Read more: Stony Brook Building Digital Twin Studio to Advance Grid Research and Resilience.

From left to right, Yanqing Sun and Lisa Unangst from Empire State University

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Empire State University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. The campus awarded grants to Yanqing Sun and Lisa Unangst to support their research. Read more: Introducing the 2026-2027 Scholars Across the University.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Fredonia provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Dr. Josal Diebold published in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. Read more: Faculty Member Publishes Study.

Associate Professor Laura Cook in a laboratory coat standing beside a research workstation with scientific equipment and supplies

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Associate Professor Lisa Cook and Christopher Lopata and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Cook is working on a genome sequencing project with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Wisconsin. Read more: Research Explores Why Strep Throat Can Linger, Even After Treatment With Antibiotics.

From left to right Stephanie Velez poses with her Teoh Award and Marco Liverman

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Old Westbury provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Stephanie Velez and Marco Liverman, who were mentored by those researchers, received awards for their research. Read more: 2026 Teoh Awards Presented To Outstanding Bio Students.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oneonta provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Faculty members provided guidance to students conducting research overseas. Read more: Tyler Center Fellows Complete Hands-On Research Abroad.

From left: SBU alumnus Declan Graham, Representative Joseph Morelle; Michael Scheid, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; Josh Orenstein, legislative aide, Representative Andrew Garbarino; Noelle Staples, Representative Nick LaLota; Stony Brook University President Andrea Goldsmith; Sarah McCarthy, legislative aide, Representative Laura Gillen; and Interim VP for Research and Innovation Mónica Bugallo

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Stony Brook hosted a visit to increase Congressional awareness of the important public and societal impacts of that research. Read more: Congressional Staff Get an Inside Look at Stony Brook’s Research, Innovation and Patient Care.

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The Research Foundation offers numerous pathways to translate SUNY innovation into economic development opportunities. Read more about the new world-class SUNY discoveries that are AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

September 3, 2026

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Representative Nick Langworthy introduced a bill that could, "...connect federally supported research with commercialization, investment, and domestic manufacturing." Read more: Congressman Langworthy Introduces American Quantum Competitiveness Act.

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Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) manages and operates the Brookhaven National Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of Stony Brook University. The Department of Energy selected Brookhaven to lead a Genesis Mission Phase II project. Read more: Brookhaven Lab to Lead $14M AI Project for Nation’s Electric Grid.

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The National Science Foundation announced that it is establishing an operations center, "...to strengthen the nation's capacity for AI research and AI-enabled scientific discovery." Read more: NSF Establishes Operations Center For The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY provides NY Creates administrative support and infrastructure that enables staffing, benefits, payroll, and purchasing for sponsored research, industry programs, and agency activities. The Times Union featured NY Creates in a recent article. Read more: NY Creates featured in Times Union: “Region Making Photonics Quantum Computing Gains” and Patent data shows growth in photonics, quantum computing in Capital Region.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages Professor Bradley Peterson's sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Peterson is working with Greg Metzer to study sharks. Media coverage of this topic accounted for 187 (38%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Researchers Catch Sharks Off NY’s Hamptons, Attach Trackers to Toothy Predators.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Since the ESF news release on August 31, 2026, about the USDA designation of a genetically modified chestnut tree developed by ESF as unlikely to pose a threat to other plants, media coverage of the topic accounted for 125 (25%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Institutes of Health awarded the National Crystallization Center a five-year, $5.5M award. Read more: NIH awards UB-HWI’s National Crystallization Center $5.5 million to advance scientific research nationwide and  NIH Awards UB-HWI Crystallization Center $5.5 Million.

a catamaran named Leptodora on Lake Champlain with the word Plattsburgh and Research on the hull

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Plattsburgh manages sponsored research grants at the Lake Champlain Research Institute and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Institute has taken delivery of a new research vessel. Read more: New Research Catamaran Goes to Work on Lake Champlain.

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The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Cobleskill manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded SUNY Cobleskill funding to maintain and expand their capacity. Read more: NIFA Invests $5M to Support Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-grant Colleges of Agriculture.

Kaitlin Farrell (at right) helps prepare a weather balloon during a research session on the roof of SUNY Oswego's Shineman Center

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Oswego manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Association of Geoscience Teachers awarded Kaitlin Farrell with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Farrell participated in the Lake Effect Electrication project funded by the National Science Foundation. Read more: National Teaching Assistant Award Recognizes Oswego Student Researcher.

Portrait of associate professor Phyllis Chen seated outdoors in a garden setting with trees and greenery in the background

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY New Paltz manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The nonprofit New Music USA Creators Fund awarded Associate Professor Phyllis Chen with funding for a project. Read more: Associate Professor Of Music Phyllis Chen Receives Award From National Organization To Support Collaborative Music Project.

Two people seated on a rocky overlook in a desert landscape at sunset, with sandstone hills in the background

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Brockport manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Jennifer Ramsay and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ramsey led a team to Petra. Read more: Digging Into Petra’s Past.

Binghamton University logo on green background

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. PhD student Aishwarya Sriram published an article in The Conversation about her team's research. Media coverage of this topic accounted for 116 (24%) of mentions of SUNY research over the last 72 hours. Read more: Caterpillar Twitches In An Ultraquiet Chamber Are Helping Biologists Understand How These Insects Hear Without Ears.

assistant professor Levi Todd seated next to a computer displaying a colorful scientific data visualization in a laboratory setting

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY Upstate Medical University manages the sponsored research grants of Assistant Professor Levi Todd and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Todd and six colleagues published a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more: Aging Blocks The Retina's Ability To Regrow Lost Neurons, A First-Of-Its-Kind Upstate Study Finds.

Dr. Theresa Selfa, pictured left, receiving her plaque recognizing excellence in research. The plaque displays the CRSS (Rural Sociological Society) logo and the year 2026

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Theresa Selfa and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Rural Sociological Society awarded Dr. Selfa with the 2026 Excellence in Research Award. Read more: ESF Professor and Department Chair Theresa Selfa Receives Rural Sociological Society's 2026 Excellence in Research Award.

Research boat Paumanok carrying people and scientific equipment testing their calibrations on the ocean beneath a cloudy sky.

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Andrew Singer and Joseph Warren's and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Students and researchers benefited from their Office of Naval Research-funded project. Read more: Stony Brook Southampton Hosts Third Ocean Acoustics Summer in School (OASiS) Bootcamp.

professional photo of professor Ramaswamy Ramesh from University at Buffalo

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Ramaswamy Ramesh and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Ramesh co-edited a special issue of the INFORMS Journal on Computing. Read more: Responsible AI Must Be Built In From The Start, Researchers Say.

Justin Minder stands in front of New York State Mesonet instrumentation that measures precipitation behind UAlbany's ETEC building

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Justin Minder and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Minder provided insights into mountain weather in an interview. Read more: Ask an Expert: Why is it Foggy on Mountaintops and Not Close to the Ground?

professional photo of associate professor Mary Youssef from Binghamton University

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Associate Professor Mary Youssef is working on a new book. Read more: Forgotten Literature: Research Brings New Attention To Sudanese Writers.

Stone Chou standing beside a chalkboard filled with mathematical equations in an academic setting

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Assistant Professor Cirro Riccio and Distinguished Professor Chang Kee Jung and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities program recognized Stone Chou, who works with both professors, as its Researcher of the Month. Read more: URECA Researcher of the Month: A Passion for Physics and Discovery.

A group of students pose for a photo at Niagara Falls

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Buffalo manages the sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. The National Science Foundation supported the Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Read more: From Niagara Falls To Greenland, Students Explore Climate And Geological Hazards.

The LUX-ZEPLIN main detector in a surface lab before installation underground

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages sponsored research grants and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. A team of researchers at Albany is working on the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Read more: UAlbany Physicists Study Unexplained Signal in Dark Matter Search and Searching For The Invisible: UAlbany Researchers Report They May Have Found Dark Matter.

From left to right, professor Eric Hoffman and Yetrib Hathout from Binghamton University

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Binghamton University manages the sponsored research grants of Professors Eric Hoffman and Yetrib Hathout and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Yetrib, working with Michael Ziemba and colleagues from multiple institutions, published in Scientific Reports. Read more: New Blood Biomarkers Reveal How Common Muscular Dystrophy Treatment May Impair Overall Growth.

Professional photo of Professor Tzu-Chieh Wei from Stony Brook University

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at Stony Brook University manages the sponsored research grants of Professor Tzu-Chieh Wei and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Wei and Hongye Yu, who recently completed their PhD at Stony Brook, published in Nature Communications. Read more: SBU-led Paper in Nature Explores the Stability of Quantum Systems.

Screenshot from UAlbany Video interview on Nepal Flooding featuring professor Mathias Vuille

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany manages the sponsored research grants of Distinguished Professor Mathias Vuille and ensures compliance with university, sponsor, and government policies and procedures. Dr. Vuille's analysis of flooding in Nepal was widely covered. Read more: UAlbany Video Interview on Nepal Flooding Draws International Coverage.

A young woman with dark black hair and glasses wearing a blue blouse and scarf speaks before a monitor with the phrase “What is Aritificial Intelligence?” written on it

The Research Foundation for SUNY workforce at the University at Albany provides administrative support to researchers on campus. Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller provided insights into the impacts of digital technology and artificial intelligence on democracy. Read more: 5 Questions with CTG UAlbany Researcher Seulki Lee-Geiller.

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