L ong Island has been a center for fundamental research in the life sciences for more than a hundred years. The intellectual and physical resources represented by Long Island's world-class research institutions including SUNY Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , represent an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in research infrastructure in the life sciences and engineering. Long Island's research enterprise is committed to fostering cross disciplinary research that would lead to novel discoveries, new products and economic development benefits.
Strong ties exist between Long Island's academic, research and technology based companies.
Industrial strengths in areas of biotechnology, microelectronics, computer software and hardware, imaging technologies, and sensing and signaling technologies, have created a tradition of technological innovation and entrepreneurship. Long Island is proud to be home to world leaders such as Pall Corporation, Computer Associates, Collaborative Group, Olympus and Symbol Technologies. The disciplines are connected in ways they have never been before. SUNY Stony Brook is the only research institution in the country to host two National Science Foundation Materials Science Research Centers.