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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,,, materials and structures, and robotics. 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 overview brochures ( Acrobat PDF ) to get a look at who we are and how we meet important client needs. SRI is organized in five divisions, each with an interdisciplinary approach to meeting client needs. SRI Five Disciplines 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. As early as the 1920s, several key steps led to SRI's creation in 1946. Since then, SRI's innovative contributions have changed the way people work, live, learn, and benefit from technology. Visit our 60th anniversary page, and browse our history and innovations timeline to learn about the major events of SRI's evolution into a leading research and development organization.