---- - **Name:** Stanford Research Institute International - **Head Quarters:** Menlo Park, California - **President/CEO:** David Parekh - **Incorporated/Established Date:**1946 - **Type:** #non-profit ## Mission SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. The organization was founded as the Stanford Research Institute. SRI formally separated from Stanford University in 1970 and became known as SRI International in 1977. SRI performs client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, and private foundations. It also licenses its technologies, forms strategic partnerships, sells products, and creates spin-off companies. SRI's headquarters are located near the Stanford University campus. In 1972, physicists [[👤 Harold E. Puthoff]] and [[👤 Russel Targ]] undertook a series of investigations of psychic phenomena sponsored by the CIA, for which they coined the term remote viewing. Among other activities, the project encompassed the work of consulting "consciousness researchers" including artist/writer [[👤 Ingo Swann]], military intelligence officer Joseph McMoneagle, and psychic/illusionist Uri Geller. This ESP work continued with funding from the US intelligence community until Puthoff and Targ left SRI in the mid-1980s. For more information, see [Parapsychology research at SRI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychology_research_at_SRI). ## Online Presence - https://www.sri.com/