THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Their core work

SUNY is the largest comprehensive public university system in the United States, encompassing 64 campuses across New York State. In the H2020 context, SUNY served exclusively as a third-party host for Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows conducting Global Fellowships and Individual Fellowships — providing visiting researchers access to its faculty, labs, and academic infrastructure. The hosted fellows worked across diverse disciplines including education ethics, political philosophy, antiviral drug research, and learning sciences, reflecting the breadth of SUNY's multi-campus system rather than a single focused research agenda.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

SUNY's early H2020 involvement (2016-2017) centered on education systems — school ethical culture, international assessments, and teacher/student dynamics. The later projects (2018) shifted toward learning sciences with a technology dimension, focusing on collaborative learning technologies and identity formation in knowledge-building communities. However, because all four projects are MSCA fellowships hosted across different SUNY campuses, this evolution reflects individual researcher interests rather than a strategic institutional pivot.

SUNY's role as an MSCA fellowship host is opportunistic rather than strategic; future collaborations will depend on which departments and faculty are willing to host visiting researchers.

How they like to work

SUNY participated exclusively as a third party in all four H2020 projects, meaning it hosted MSCA fellows but was never the lead beneficiary or a formal consortium partner. With only 4 unique consortium partners across 3 countries, its EU network footprint is minimal. This is typical of a US institution that engages with Horizon 2020 through individual researcher mobility rather than through deliberate consortium-building strategy.

SUNY connected with 4 distinct partners across 3 countries through its MSCA hosting role. The network is small and fellowship-driven, without repeat partnerships or a concentrated geographic focus within Europe.

What sets them apart

SUNY's value as an H2020 partner lies in its sheer scale — 64 campuses offering access to a vast range of US-based expertise for visiting European researchers. For MSCA applicants, SUNY can serve as a credible non-European host institution across nearly any academic discipline. However, its H2020 track record is limited and entirely passive (third-party hosting), so prospective partners should engage specific departments and faculty rather than the institution broadly.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BICEPSvsHIV
  Stands out as the only natural sciences project in an otherwise social-sciences portfolio, targeting HIV-1 with small molecule drug design — showing SUNY's disciplinary breadth.
• SIKB
  Most recent project with the richest keyword profile, bridging education research with collaborative technologies and research-practice partnerships.