SCRA at a Glance

SCRA is a non–stock, tax-exempt applied research and commercialization services company with 25 years of experience building multi-organizational teams and delivering innovative technologies.

Currently SCRA manages over 100 national and international programs worth over $1.3B in applied R&D contract value. SCRA’s results-based management approach assures delivery of technology solutions to complex client challenges.

SCRA-led applied research is conducted on behalf of mission-oriented Federal cleints, such as the Departments of Defense, Energy, Justice, and Health and Human Services, and for Corporate clients. SCRA's Federal programs are conducted by SCRA affiliate, ATI.

Leading applied research across a diverse range of industries

Creating custom collaborations with leaders from industry, government, and academia

Facilitating technology solutions with broad-industry involvement and impact

Providing commercialization services for rapid, industry-wide technology implementation

Executing objective leadership in an environment of trust where competitors collaborate for mutual benefit

manages...

• the business operations of a national consortium executing a $700M DoD munitions technology development program.
• two Navy ManTech Centers of Excellence - one in shipbuilding and one in composites.
• an international product data standards collaboration with 30 member organizations from 6 countries.
• development of advances in health sciences including standards, biopharmaceuticals, nutrition, and hospital applications of antimicrobial copper.
• advanced metals research including casting and forging manufacturing efficiencies and vanadium applications.
• a program that is growing and strengthening the Knowledge Economy by helping entrepreneurial start-up companies commercialize innovative products and services.

For a list of more SCRA-led programs, please click here.

Clients and Partners...

include the Departments of Defense, Justice, Energy, Transportation; NASA; and national institutes such as NIST, NIH, and NSF.

SCRA partners with hundreds of industry leaders and small businesses from across the U.S. and around the globe. Corporate partners range from global companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GM, Airbus, and BAE Systems and South Carolina-based partners such as Reliance Electric, ESAB, Milliken, and SoPakCo.

SCRA partners with over fifty academic institutions, including Case Western University, Clemson University, MIT, MUSC, Ohio State, Penn State, University of Iowa, USC, and University of Texas.

For a complete list, please click here.