Advancing Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Stony Brook
Where Ideas Become Ventures
The Innovation Center empowers students, faculty, and entrepreneurs across Stony Brook University to accelerate the process of turning bold ideas into real-world impact. Through competitions, certificates, consulting, and community partnerships, we connect the classroom to the marketplace and give innovators the tools, mentorship, and network they need to succeed.
Whether you're a student exploring your first venture, a researcher looking to commercialize discovery, or a business seeking new talent and fresh ideas, the Innovation Center is your hub for entrepreneurial growth on Long Island and beyond.
What We Do
Connecting the Classroom to the Marketplace
The Innovation Center serves four core purposes that work together to build a thriving culture of innovation at Stony Brook University. From early education to real-world diffusion, each pillar supports the next stage in bringing an idea to life, ensuring that innovation at Stony Brook translates into measurable impact for students, faculty, and regional partners.
Educate
We prepare future innovators through hands-on programs, certificates, and experiential coursework that build practical entrepreneurial skills alongside academic knowledge.
Research
We promote and facilitate interdisciplinary research across the University, helping faculty and student researchers translate discoveries into ventures with real-world application.
Ecosystem
We foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem that connects students, faculty, and industry, creating collaborative spaces where new ideas can take shape and grow.
Diffusion
We expedite the creation, utilization, and diffusion of innovation into the real world, helping ventures move from concept to market with confidence.
Programs for Learners
Build Your Entrepreneurial Skill Set
The Innovation Center offers certificates, competitions, and workshops designed for students and postdocs who want to develop entrepreneurial thinking alongside their academic studies. These programs provide hands-on experience, mentorship, and recognition that help learners stand out, whether they're pursuing a venture of their own or building skills for their future career.
Life Sciences Innovation Certificate
Prepares STEAM graduate students and postdocs for careers in technology ventures and corporate entrepreneurship, combining coursework with hands-on training in translating scientific research into viable products and businesses.
WolfieTank
A campus-wide pitch competition where members of the Stony Brook community showcase their business ideas to a panel of judges, competing for funding, mentorship, and the chance to bring their concepts to life.
Long Island PitchFest
A regional pitch competition connecting Long Island entrepreneurs with experienced mentors, judges, and investors, offering a platform to refine ideas and gain visibility within the region's growing innovation community.
Seminars & Workshops
Ongoing skill-building sessions covering entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture creation, led by faculty and industry practitioners to help learners apply what they study in the classroom to real business challenges.
For Businesses
Partner With Tomorrow's Innovators
Connect with MBA consultancy teams, research faculty, and top student talent from across Stony Brook University. Partnering with the Innovation Center gives your organization the opportunity to shape curriculum, gain early access to emerging innovators, and build a lasting culture of innovation within your workplace.
Explore Business PartnershipsFor Partners & Investors
Invest in the Next Generation of Innovation
Join a growing network of industry leaders investing in the region's next generation of innovators. As a partner, you'll help shape real-world projects, mentor emerging talent, and gain early access to the ideas and ventures coming out of Stony Brook University.
Become a PartnerGet Involved
Whether you're a student, faculty member, business, or investor, there's a place for you at the Innovation Center.
News & Social
See What's Happening at the Innovation Center
Stay up to date on faculty seminars, student ventures, media coverage, and the latest from our community of innovators.
- Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originators Seminar (4/4/2025): Pro-Social Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned and New Directions by Dr. Donald Siegel
- Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originators Seminar (3/7/2025): Introducing a new opportunity to analyze medicines from discovery through distribution by Dr. Michael Kinch
- Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originators Seminar (11/22/2024): Overcoming the Outsider Innovators Bias by Dr. Gino Cattani
- Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originators Seminar (11/22/2024): Disaster Recovery and Community Resilience by Dr. Sara Hamideh
- Strategy & Entrepreneurship Originators Seminar (11/15/2024): Community Businesses as Social Units in Post-Disaster Recovery by Dr. Donovan Finn
- Redshred Awarded $1.8 Million Phase II STTR Contract for AIRMATE System Development (PI: Dr. Manoj Mahajan)
- Life Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Delivers Real-World Business Skills
- Stony Brook Ranks Among 50 Best Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurs
- Taking Care of Business
- The Entrepreneurs Edge: Apply The Triple Threat of Ambition, Confidence and Conviction for Success on Your Own Terms
- Tank Battle: Stony Brook Entrepreneurs Compete for WolfieTank '21 Honors
