RESEARCH BY THE NUMBERS

Fiscal year 2014

The Office of the Dean for Research supports Princeton’s role as one of the world’s leading research universities by uniting people, resources and opportunities for the creation, preservation and transmission of knowledge. The dean administers research activities at Princeton through the following five offices: Corporate and Foundation Relations, Technology Licensing, Research and Project Administration, Research Integrity and Assurance, and Laboratory Animal Resources. The dean also consults with the University Research Board to formulate and implement policies on research.

Sponsored Research Projects

$199.8 M  Princeton University campus expenditures
$79.5 M U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) expenditures
1,373 Total sponsored research projects
262 Projects supported by corporate or foundation funding

 

 

Technology Licensing Activities

106 Invention disclosures received
175 Patent applications filed
28 Patents issued
$142,980,000 Gross royalty income
25 Technologies licensed

 

 

Funding Sources for Sponsored Research Activities (Campus)