The Jupiter Research Foundation (JRF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit scientific research organization.

Established in 2003, the Foundation is dedicated to conducting innovative scientific research and finding technological solutions to problems that are outside of mainstream science and technology. Our findings are shared with the public and the academic community to better monitor and understand the natural world.

JRF has no active projects at this time. Some past projects include deploying autonomous ocean vehicles for advanced climate technology development, detecting humback whales in previously unknown Pacific ocean habitats, broadcasting humpback song live from Hawaii, detecting microplastics in the ocean, and studying "wireless" communications between micro-organisms.

One of JRF’s earliest successes is the Wave Glider, an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), which ultimately led to the founding of Liquid Robotics Inc.

“The Whale Sings”, a JRF documentary by David Hoffman on how the song of the humpback whale inspired the invention of the Wave Glider