Pratt researchers can form collaborative partnerships through a number of different structures. Our four Provost’s Centers and nine Research Accelerators conduct impactful research in many disciplines, from nurturing new artists and designers, to responding to climate change, to catalyzing affordable housing development and stimulating job creation.
Each research group may have a space at the Research Yard, where collaborations and partnerships can grow and evolve. Our Pratt Research Accelerators turn early ideas into real world impact. We provide a supportive environment for research projects to grow, so that researchers can develop them into business start-ups, School Centers, Provost’s Centers, and more.
Provost’s Centers
Research Accelerators
Supported by the IDC Foundation, Pratt’s Research Accelerators take early-stage research and support their growth and development, as they pursue further funding, product realization, or prototyping studies. Housed at the Research Yard, Accelerators can share ideas, access support and resources, and grow their research into business start-ups, School or Provost’s Centers, or, we can help them to imagine and realize a different path that matches their ambition.
Decarbonization Group
The Decarbonization Working Group explores the challenges and opportunities of decarbonizing New York’s built environment, which is critical to addressing climate change and equitable economic growth.
Learn more about the Decarbonization Group
Creative Exchange
Creative Exchange is designing and building healthier furniture and spaces for work, education, healthcare and the home by combining design and sound interventions.
More information on Creative Exchange coming soon.
Design Clinic
Design Clinic seeks to provide design strategies and solutions to help small businesses, community groups and other clients with sustainable design solutions.
More information on Design Clinic coming soon.
Laboratory for Integrative Archaeological Visualization and Heritage (LIAVH)
LIAVH’s mission is to make archaeological data accessible, sustainable, and generative, utilizing non-invasive forms of data collection in order to develop data visualization tools that enable spatial and temporal research without actual proximity to an archaeological site.
STEAMplant
STEAMplant fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and the fields of art, design and architecture.
Future of Jewelry
The Future of Jewelry experiments with the combination of jewelry-making and publishing as a way to engage with local communities, industries, materials, and technologies.
More information on Future of Jewelry coming soon.
Mindfulness Collaboratory
The Mindfulness Collaboratory teaches people in the creative fields to “lead with intention.” “Intention” is the practice of consciousness that allows a person to align with a course of action, an aim, or a purpose.
Learn more about Mindfulness Collaboratory
Housing Futures
The Housing Futures Research Lab is devoted to the development of forward-thinking housing solutions in urban contexts.
More information on Housing Futures coming soon.
AquaSteady
The AquaSteady team is developing seaweed-based hydrogels that balance soil moisture, allow crops to withstand droughts between irregular rainfalls, and reduce the need for irrigation.