The New York and New Jersey R&D ecosystem
New York and New Jersey is ranked number 34 of 392 R&D ecosystems in the 311 Institute directory, with 59 labs within about 120 kilometres: 25 research institutes, 20 corporate, 6 government, 4 university, 2 military and 2 intergovernmental. Leading organisations include Brookhaven National Laboratory, Universities in United States, JPMorgan Chase and US Department of Energy, focused on ai, electrical and electronic engineering, public health, environmental and occupational health and nuclear and high energy physics.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
#34world rank
59labs
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Why these labs matter
IBM Research: Leads IBM's quantum computing roadmap.
Nokia Bell Labs: Still one of the main sources of 6G and optical networking research.
Brookhaven National Laboratory: Will host the Electron-Ion Collider, the next major US particle-physics facility.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: A US centre for fusion and plasma technology.
All 59 labs
| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZX VenturesAB InBev | New York, United States | Corporate Consumer and retail | Beverage innovation | 2015 |
| Applied Research Corporation (United States)Applied Research Corporation (United States) | Metuchen, United States | Corporate Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change | 1989 |
| BCG XBoston Consulting Group | New York, United States | Corporate Professional services | Venture building, AI | 2022 |
| D. E. Shaw ResearchD. E. Shaw Research | New York, United States | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Hardware and Architecture | 2002 |
| Deloitte GreenhouseDeloitte | New York, United States | Corporate Professional services | Executive innovation labs | 2015 |
| IBM ResearchIBM | Yorktown Heights, United States | Corporate Technology | AI, Quantum, Semiconductors | 1945 |
| IPG Media LabIPG | New York, United States | Corporate Media and entertainment | Media tech, XR | |
| Janssen Research & Development (United States)Johnson & Johnson (United States) | Raritan, United States | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Hematology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Statistics and Probability | 2001 |
| JPMorgan Chase AI ResearchJPMorgan Chase | New York, United States | Corporate Financial services | AI, Quantum, Fintech | 2018 |
| Kinexys by J.P. MorganJPMorgan Chase | New York, United States | Corporate Financial services | Blockchain, Digital assets | 2020 |
| Mastercard LabsMastercard | Purchase, United States | Corporate Financial services | Payments innovation | 2010 |
| Menssana Research (United States)Menssana Research (United States) | Fort Lee, United States | Corporate Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology | 1992 |
| Merck Research LaboratoriesMerck | Rahway, United States | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Drug discovery, Vaccines | |
| Neurobehavioral Research (United States)Neurobehavioral Research (United States) | Kīhei, United States | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 1999 |
| Nokia Bell LabsNokia | Murray Hill, United States | Corporate Telecommunications | Networks, 6G, Quantum, AI | 1925 |
| PepsiCo LabsPepsiCo | New York, United States | Corporate Consumer and retail | Digital commerce, Start-up partnerships | 2018 |
| RegeneronRegeneron | Tarrytown, United States | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Antibodies, Genetics | 1988 |
| Reservoir Labs (United States)Reservoir Labs (United States) | New York, United States | Corporate Technology | Hardware and Architecture, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mathematics | 1990 |
| Siemens Technology PrincetonSiemens | Princeton, United States | Corporate Industrials and manufacturing | Automation, AI | |
| NYT R&DThe New York Times | New York, United States | Corporate Media and entertainment | Media tech, AI | 2006 |
| Co-design Center for Quantum AdvantageBrookhaven National Laboratory | Upton, United States | Government Basic science | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | |
| Connecticut Agricultural Experiment StationConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | New Haven, United States | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Cell Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Materials Chemistry | 1875 |
| Health Research Council of the City of New YorkNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | New York, United States | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Immunology, Genetics, Hematology | 1958 |
| NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics LaboratoryNOAA | Princeton, United States | Government Environment and climate | Climate modelling | 1955 |
| Brookhaven National LaboratoryUS Department of Energy | Upton, United States | Government Basic science | Nuclear physics, Quantum, Photon science | |
| Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryUS Department of Energy | Princeton, United States | Government Energy and resources | Fusion, Plasma | |
| U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments CenterUnited States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command | Picatinny Arsenal, United States | Military Aerospace and defence | Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1977 |
| Army Cyber Institute at West PointUnited States Military Academy | West Point, United States | Military Technology | Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Political Science and International Relations | 2012 |
| CUNY Energy InstituteCity University of New York | New York, United States | University Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Automotive Engineering | 2008 |
| Columbia UniversityUniversities in United States | New York, United States | University Multidisciplinary research | Medicine, Data science | 1754 |
| Princeton UniversityUniversities in United States | Princeton, United States | University Multidisciplinary research | Physics, Plasma, AI | 1746 |
| Yale UniversityUniversities in United States | New Haven, United States | University Multidisciplinary research | Quantum, Medicine | 1701 |
| UNICEF Office of InnovationUNICEF | New York, United States | Intergovernmental Public policy and analysis | Technology for children | 2007 |
| UNDP Accelerator LabsUnited Nations Development Programme | New York, United States | Intergovernmental Public policy and analysis | Sustainable development innovation | 2019 |
| Aaron Diamond AIDS Research CenterAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Virology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology | 1991 |
| Accelerator Test FacilityBrookhaven National Laboratory | Upton, United States | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 1992 |
| Center for Functional NanomaterialsBrookhaven National Laboratory | Upton, United States | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 2008 |
| National Synchrotron Light Source IIBrookhaven National Laboratory | Upton, United States | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry | |
| Relativistic Heavy Ion ColliderBrookhaven National Laboratory | Upton, United States | Research institute Nuclear | Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 2000 |
| Burke Medical Research InstituteBurke Medical Research Institute | White Plains, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Rehabilitation, Physiology, Molecular Biology | 1978 |
| Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and ResearchCenter for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectroscopy | 2014 |
| Center for Drug Use and HIV ResearchCenter for Drug Use and HIV Research | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 1998 |
| Center for Human ReproductionCenter for Human Reproduction | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 1981 |
| Clinical and Translational Science InstituteClinical and Translational Science Institute | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Information Systems and Management, Nephrology | 2009 |
| Haskins LaboratoriesHaskins Laboratories | New Haven, United States | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience | 1935 |
| High Meadows Environmental InstituteHigh Meadows Environmental Institute | Princeton, United States | Research institute Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Oceanography | 1994 |
| IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterIBM (United States) | Yorktown Heights, United States | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Hardware and Architecture | 1961 |
| Institute for Advanced StudyInstitute for Advanced Study | Princeton, United States | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geometry and Topology | 1930 |
| New York Genome CenterNew York Genome Center | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research | 2011 |
| Feinstein Institute for Medical ResearchNorthwell Health | Manhasset, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Psychiatry and Mental health, Rheumatology, Immunology | 1995 |
| Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of ScienceOrentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science | Cold Spring, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Aging, Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 1961 |
| Preusser Research GroupPreusser Research Group | Trumbull, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 1990 |
| Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials ConsortiumProstate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Management | 2014 |
| Pulmonary and Allergy AssociatesPulmonary and Allergy Associates | Summit, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | 1990 |
| Renal Research InstituteRenal Research Institute | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Nephrology, Emergency Medical Services, Physiology | 1997 |
| ReprogeneticsReprogenetics | Livingston, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 2000 |
| Clinical Research AssociatesSimons Foundation | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gastroenterology | |
| Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery InstituteTri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute | New York, United States | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Computational Theory and Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology | 2013 |
| William H Miner Agricultural Research InstituteWilliam H Miner Agricultural Research Institute | New York, United States | Research institute Agriculture and food | Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals | 1903 |
Countries
Organisations
Other leading ecosystems
- Paris and Saclay
- Beijing and Tianjin
- Washington DC and Maryland
- Greater Tokyo and Tsukuba
- Moscow
- Grenoble
- London and the Golden Triangle
- Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong)
- Shanghai and Suzhou
- Provence (ITER and Cadarache)
- Silicon Valley and the Bay Area
- Singapore
- Zurich, Basel and Aargau
- Randstad (Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden)
- Stuttgart and Karlsruhe
Questions and answers
How big is the New York and New Jersey R&D ecosystem?
It has 59 labs from 51 organisations, ranking number 34 worldwide in the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory.
Which organisations have labs in New York and New Jersey?
They include Brookhaven National Laboratory, Universities in United States, JPMorgan Chase and US Department of Energy.
What does the New York and New Jersey ecosystem specialise in?
Its main focus areas are ai, electrical and electronic engineering, public health, environmental and occupational health and nuclear and high energy physics.
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