Work with Us
We help our partners capitalize on sustainable technologies to be profitable, gain new knowledge, fuel innovation, and contribute to a better world.
We engaged more than 800 companies, community organizations, and government agencies in the last year through projects, seminars, and training.
1,200
Unique companies supported by GIS through projects since 2003
$14M
External sponsored research funding annually
26
Years of applied research experience for a broad variety of business and government sponsors

We've worked with 100+ clean-tech companies to improve their product designs and validate the sustainability of their innovations.
Featured Clients
- Acro Industries
- Air Innovations
- Alstom
- BeechNut
- Council Rock
- CPAC
- Davies Office
- Dresser-Rand
- Ecovative
- Effortless Advantage
- Foodlink
- Full Circle Feed
- Gleason Works
- Gunlocke
- GW Lisk
- Hannaford
- Hansford Parts and Products
- HP Hood
- INFICON
- KEEN Home
- Kodak
- Liberty Pumps
- Lidestri
- Markin Tubing
- Moog
- Natural Upcycling
- Newtex
- Nextcorp
- Novorocs
- O’Brien & Gere (Ramboll)
- OptiPro
- Plug Power (American Fuel Cell)
- Praxair (Linde)
- Remanufacturing Industries Council
- Rochester Colonial
- Rochester Regional Health
- Rohrbach Brewing
- RTMA
- Spectronics Corporation
- Staples
- Sydor Optics
- Three Brothers Wineries & Estate
- TORVEC
- Tyll Solar
- Vnomics
- Wegmans
- Xerox
Work with a Student
While most of our work is performed by professional research staff, there are also opportunities to work with our graduate students in a variety of ways that can provide great value to both.