University Awards

The SUR Awards program strives to connect the research and researchers at universities with personnel in IBM: in organizations such as IBM Research, IBM Life Sciences, IBM Global Services and our development and product labs. This program is not aimed at supporting a single individual or research project. Rather, the intent is to support and have an impact in an area of significant interest to the university and IBM.

The SUR Awards program is designed to:

• Promote collaborative research projects that bring value to IBM and the technology community
• Increase access to and successful use of IBM technologies for research and in curriculum
• Provide opportunities within IBM for undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students

For more information, see our frequently asked questions.

IBM does not accept unsolicited requests for SUR awards. All requests must be submitted through IBM employees who interact with faculty members or the institution, in most cases on a technical basis. IBM provides a limited number of SUR awards each year, at its discretion. No guarantee of award, implied or otherwise, is made by IBM. All proposals are generated by IBM personnel in collaboration with their university counterparts. Proposals are evaluated through a multi-stage process.

Read about our recent SUR awards and projects:

• IBM and university researchers develop research tools to improve cancer patient outcomes
• Virtual reality DISCOVER lab at University of Ottawa receives $3.4 million from IBM
• IBM initiative to see virtual computing labs in 3 varsities
• IBM award to help establish multicore supercomputing center at UMBC
• Prof. Stefano Grivet-Talocia receives the 2007 Shared University Research
• IBM, Academia Launch Autonomic Research Collaboration for Cloud Computing