Hochul Announces $46.5M In High Technology Grants For 3 LI Colleges

BROOKVILLE, NY — On Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Long Island University in Brookville to announce that $46.5 million in state grants in high technology investments will be given to three Long Island colleges. Farmingdale State University, LIU and Stony Brook University will be awarded funds to develop jobs, training and infrastructure in technology, specifically life sciences.

The three awards will create "hundreds and hundreds of jobs," Hochul said, noting that this adds to grants announced since September, totaling $56 million to Long Island innovation.

LIU Brookville will get $10 million toward the 40,000 square-foot College of Science Applied Research and Innovation, where AI, drug discovery and more will be developed.

Stony Brook University was awarded $6.5 million for a Quantum Internet Center. This will make Long Island the first in the nation to get never-seen-before computing capabilities, Hochul said.

Farmingdale State College will get $30 million for a 40,000 square-foot Center for Computer Science and Information Technology.

The initiative is to make "Long Island the country’s premiere corridor for research and innovation," Hochul said.

Hochul said Long Island's research corridor would connect all of Long Island's high-tech facilities from Brookhaven National Laboratory to the Feinstein Institute.

"Don't assume investments made five or ten years ago will suffice," she said.

"Long Island is an unrivaled life sciences leader," LIU President Kim Cline agreed.