Science & Technology Leadership

R&D Infrastructure

The San Francisco Bay Area has a research and development infrastructure that may be unparalled in the world.

• 5 world-class research universities: Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz
• 18 national research laboratories and independent research institutes, including: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, Sandia National Laboratories, SRI and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

The region’s unparalled, multidisciplinary R&D infrastructure, combined with the vision, expertise and dedication of scientists, researchers and technologists, enables the Bay Area to maintain a leadership position in science, technology and innovation.