welcome to

Stafford is aresearch excellence and home to some of the most talented people . Our work helps the lives of many, solving real-world problems through a huge network of partnerships and collaborations. The breadth and interdisciplinary nature of our research sparks imaginative and inventive insights and solutions.

With a commitment to free and open inquiry, our scholars take an interdisciplinary approach to research that spans arts to engineering to education. Their work transforms the way we understand the world, advancing fields of study, and often creating new ones. Generating new knowledge for the benefit of present and future generations,

Stafford research has had an impact around the globe, leading to such breakthroughs as discovering the link between cancer and genetics, establishing revolutionary theories of economics, and developing tools to produce reliably excellent urban schooling.