Research and innovation

University partnerships

We collaborate with leading universities around the world as part of our commitment to finding meaningful and scalable solutions to meet global energy demand, while also minimizing the environmental impacts of energy use, including the risks of climate change.

Resources collaborations

Fueling future energy discoveries

ExxonMobil is founded on a culture of science and technology. Every day, we work with diverse academic institutions to research and develop new solutions to help us meet society’s dual challenge — meeting energy needs while also minimizing the environmental impacts of energy use, including the risks of climate change.

Our work includes everything from researching advances in materials science and carbon storage to understanding wind and solar energy. These collaborative relationships with colleges and universities fuel new discoveries and empower advanced energy research both in focused, short-term projects and multiyear programs.

 Research and development highlights

$145M

commitment to fund breakthrough energy research at MIT, Princeton, the University of Texas and Stanford

20K

scientists and engineers employed by ExxonMobil, including more than 2,200 with Ph.Ds
The old mindset of ‘my lab is my world,’ has changed to ‘the world is my lab,’ which is why we have created a network of collaborators across disciplines to join us.
Nazeer Bhore

Manager, breakthrough research at ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil’s Role

Building on universities' existing strengths

Initiatives include our collaboration with Princeton University in fields including solar and battery technology, an agreement with the University of Texas to study carbon storage and other technologies, and others ranging from understanding the impacts of black carbon and aerosols (University of California, Riverside) to the conversion of cellulosic sugars to fuels (University of Wisconsin).

Collaborating with leading universities to meet global energy demand

ExxonMobil invests $1 billion per year in energy research, emerging technologies

Energy Factor

Plant Power

Work is underway to study the conversion of cellulosic biomass into diesel and jet fuel. Breakthroughs require scientific research collaborations, much like the one inked by the University of Wisconsin and ExxonMobil, to provide the fundamental knowledge required to move the science forward.
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