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New opportunities for research with beams of rare isotopes will be discussed. Various production techniques will be introduced, and key scientific questions will be highlighted and selected examples of recent results will be given. For the near term future, the Coupled Cyclotron Facility now under construction at the NSCL will provide fast beams of rare isotopes with intensities higher by about 3 orders of magnitude than previously available in the US. The current status of the Coupled Cyclotron Project, it scientific reach and the planned facility layout will be presented. On a longer time scale, large additional gains, especially for medium-mass and heavy elements, will be possible with the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) now under discussion. Main features of the RIA concept and RIA's additional scientific reach will be highlighted.