Auburn's driving research and innovation for a better world.
Our Work Solves Problems
We don’t back down from challenges. We meet them head-on. From lab to field, to communities across Alabama and around the world, wherever real-world solutions are needed, Auburn is at work.
Areas of Strength
Improving Health and Health Care
We’re focused on next-generation therapeutics, health disparities, precision medicine, chronic and infectious diseases and health care quality and cost.
Advancing Intelligent Solutions
We’re moving the world forward in areas of automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, next-generation manufacturing, quantum computing and data science.
Building Resilient Communities
We’re fueling greater energy independence and resilience, cultivating environmental sustainability and preserving our future food and water supply.
Securing a Safer World
We’re anticipating and countering the latest cyber and homeland security threats and partnering with national security leaders to make our world a safer place.
Accelerating Space Systems Development
We’re launching next-generation space science technology, materials and research to advance space exploration and train a skilled space workforce.
Work with us
From helping launch businesses to supporting mature companies, The Park nurtures a healthy and successful entrepreneurial environment.
The New Venture Accelerator and our partners have created a vibrant, supportive, entrepreneurial environment committed to helping advance new and growing businesses.
The IP Exchange helps Auburn faculty take research to the marketplace for the benefit of others.
Research at Work
Auburn researchers are part of a study to address engineering challenges associated with energy efficiency of zero emission bus materials.
March 21, 2025
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station awarded 29 competitive grants across three principal programs: AgR-SEED, Production Agricultural Research and equipment grants for fiscal year 2024.
March 20, 2025
The Auburn University Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Engineering is dedicated to uncovering pioneering advancements in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and tackling the most pressing challenges in the digital age.
March 20, 2025
Auburn’s role in facilitating collaboration between government, academia and industry necessary for maintaining national security was on full display at the university’s Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville as Congressional heavyweights meet to confer on the vulnerability of the U.S. defense industrial base in relation to challenges posed by China.
March 20, 2025
Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence is partnering with Blue Origin to overcome the challenges of 3D printing with copper, essentially helping the space technology company's future plans in orbit.
March 18, 2025
As the city of Selma, Alabama, commemorates the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” Robert Finkel is helping share the history of that fateful day through several projects.
March 06, 2025
Auburn's James Lindner was recently named the most prolific researcher in the field of agricultural education.
March 03, 2025
The Jule Collins Smith Museum presents “Rodell Warner + Audubon + His Journals” through July 6. The show pairs Audubon prints with Warner’s digital videos and an online artwork. Part of the “Radical Naturalism” series, it explores Audubon’s legacy through contemporary art.
February 27, 2025
The Applied Research Institute in Huntsville is creating a cutting-edge radiation hardening facility to ensure military tech reliability in space.
February 26, 2025
Jean-Francois Louf earned an NSF CAREER Award for investigating how flowers detect and respond to the sound of pollinators — potentially improving crop yields.
February 14, 2025
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