SRI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. SRI also brings its innovations to the marketplace by licensing its intellectual property and creating new ventures.

For more than 60 years, since our beginnings when we were called Stanford Research Institute, our strengths have been our staff's world-leading expertise and passion for working with clients on important challenges. SRI is well known for its legacy of innovations in communications and networks, computing, economic development and science and technology policy, education, energy and the environment, engineering systems, pharmaceuticals and health sciences, homeland security and national defense, materials and structures, and robotics.

• Facts & FAQs
  Independent from Stanford University since 1970, SRI is a nonprofit scientific research institute formed under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and incorporated in the State of California. Get quick answers about SRI here. Also request or download our corporate brochure or four-page overview (Acrobat PDF) to get a look at who we are and how we meet important client needs.

• Mission and Values
  Read about our founding purpose, guiding principles, and values.

• R&D Divisions
  SRI is organized in five divisions, each with an interdisciplinary approach to meeting client needs.
  
  
• SRI's Discipline of Innovation
  Learn about our rigorous approach to creating compelling value for our clients. SRI President and CEO Curt Carlson describes this approach his book, Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want.
  

• SRI Celebrates 60 Years
  As early as the 1920s, several key steps led to SRI's creation in 1946. Read about the major events of SRI's evolution into a leading research and development organization. Also, discover more about SRI's innovative contributions to the way people work, live, learn, and benefit from technology.

• Clients
  One way to judge the quality of an organization is by the company it keeps. SRI's client list includes a "who's who" of global corporations, strategic government agencies, and major foundations.

• Staff and Management
  Creating a culture that thrives on innovation demands a lot from the people who work at SRI. Our staff of about 1,400 provides the innovative thinking, R&D leadership, and passion for change that sets us apart. The contributions of our staff members are often acknowledged and awarded by technical and professional societies, national organizations, and by SRI itself.

• Offices and Facilities
  SRI's 63-acre main campus in Menlo Park has more than one million square feet of space. Our next largest location is in Washington, D.C. We have almost 20 additional locations throughout the U.S. and offices in Tokyo, Taiwan, and Korea to stay close to the clients we serve.

• Spin-off Ventures
  SRI creates new spin-off businesses to capitalize on our technology and move it into the marketplace.
  
  
• SRI at Conferences and Tradeshows
  Stop by to see us at one of our upcoming appearances.
  
  
• Community Activities
  SRI participates in a range of local events and activities.

• Our Subsidiary, Sarnoff Corporation
  SRI's for-profit subsidiary Sarnoff Corporation offers electronic, information, and biomedical innovations to its clients through contract research and development, licensed intellectual property, and venture companies based on its technology.