For the past 75 years, the San José State University Research Foundation has provided the entrepreneurial frame-work through which SJSU faculty successfully partner with government agencies, corporations, and private foundations to perform cutting-edge research, public service, and other specialized projects so vital to a community of scholars and to society as a whole.

As a private non-profit corporation, the Research Foundation also administers contributions made on behalf of SJSU to fund scholarships, faculty development, capital programs, laboratory equipment and other important academic initiatives.