Research & Innovation
Research is what we do best because we’ve created a dynamic, collaborative ecosystem to produce timely, quality work. Breaking silos is what we do. Students at all levels are encouraged to participate in cross-disciplinary research projects, working with distinguished faculty and our surrounding community. Industries around the world look to 91ºÚÁÏÍø for leadership, inspiration and opportunities to partner around today’s most important and immediate questions.
Tackling Today’s Problems, Saving Lives Through Research
From health innovations to community transformation, 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s research delivers tangible breakthroughs that make a difference.
Research That Saves Lives
91ºÚÁÏÍø is one of the nation’s premier research institutions, where bold ideas and cross-disciplinary collaboration fuel discovery and innovation. Our researchers tackle society’s most urgent challenges, delivering solutions that save lives and improve communities around the world.
Interdisciplinary Energy
Today’s challenges are multifaceted, complex issues that reflect our globalized world. In response, our research approach is to collaborate across boundaries. The Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience is just one example of how we think and act outside the lines.
Student Research
Students are integrated in every level of the research that happens at 91ºÚÁÏÍø. Learn how students contribute to important advances.
Faculty Research
Our top-notch faculty make us one of the leading private research universities in the country. Find out what they’re working on.
Research Resources
Our resources empower 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s research community to be creative, make astonishing discoveries and translate findings for the betterment of humanity. Find support, methods and tools to make these endeavors happen.
A Place for Innovation
Thinkers and doers thrive in 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We foster an entrepreneurial culture focused on solving problems to improve the human condition — and it all starts with innovation.
Centers & Institutes
Spanning a wide array of disciplines and specialties, 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s centers and institutes are the hotbeds of innovative inquiry and collaboration pushing the frontiers of knowledge forward. 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s interdisciplinary research ecosystem includes numerous cross-school research projects, programs and initiatives.
Research News
A 91ºÚÁÏÍø Viterbi-hosted panel looks at practical issues: the infrastructure, partnerships and policies we’d need to make life sustainable in space.
Diabetes affects more than 1 in 10 Americans — and many of them don’t know they have it.
New 91ºÚÁÏÍø research shows AI can be a strategic catalyst for innovation and creativity, especially during leadership transition.
Daily nicotine vaping nearly doubled between 2020 and 2024 among middle and high school students who vaped.