Penn Research: By the Numbers

Updated April 2021

Breaking Ground

$1.25B

IN AWARDS

#1

IN NIH TRAINING GRANTS

#4

IN NSF R&D EXPENDITURES

#8

IN NIH FUNDING

#4

WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY

84

PATENTS ISSUED
Top Funding Sources
Fiscal Year 2020

Source: Office of Research Services, University of Pennsylvania

National Institutes of Health$612,720,252
Commercial/Industrial$205,389,485
Non-Profits & Foundations$122,840,883
Federal Flow Through$102,234,197
National Science Foundation$66,502,235
Department of Defense$51,597,983
University Rankings by Total R&D Expenditures
Fiscal Year 2019

Rank Institution R&D Expenditures
1 Johns Hopkins University $2,917,436
2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor $1,675,805
3 University of California, San Francisco $1,595,098
4 University of Pennsylvania $1,506,285
5 University of Washington, Seattle $1,425,601
6 University of California, San Diego $1,353,763
7 University of California, Los Angeles $1,306,376
8 University of Wisconsin-Madison $1,297,331
9 Harvard University $1,239,736
10 Duke University $1,226,517
11 Stanford University $1,204,116
12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The $1,153,773
13 Cornell University $1,144,534
14 University of Maryland $1,096,600
15 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh $1,080,951
16 Yale University $1,072,309
17 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities $1,013,112
18 Massachusetts Institute of Technology $1,009,466
19 Columbia University in the City of New York $1,003,615
20 University of Texas (Cancer Center) $917,744
Fiscal Year 2020
0
Disclosures
0
Patents Filed
0
Patents Issued
0
Agreements
0
Startups

$31,000,000

FY 2020 Revenue

Awards by Field

Fiscal Year 2019

Awards by School

Fiscal Year 2020

Source: Office of Research Services, University of Pennsylvania

Fiscal Year 2020
0
ACRE CONNECTED INNOVATION CAMPUS
0k
SQ FEET OF LAB, OFFICE & FLEXIBLE WORK SPACE
0+
RESIDENT COMPANIES
0+
RESIDENT MEMBERS
0+
PENN RESEARCH GROUPS
0
ENTRPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS DELIVERED

Source: Pennovation

Top Universities for Tech Transfer
Data 2015, Published 2017

Rank Institution
1 University of Utah
2 Columbia University
3 University of Florida
4 Brigham Young University
5 Stanford University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of Washington
8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9 California Institute of Technology
10 Carnegie Mellon University
The World's Most Innovative Universities
2019

Rank Institution Country
1 Stanford University USA
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA
3 Harvard University USA
4 University of Pennsylvania USA
5 University of Washington USA
6 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill USA
7 KU Leuven Belgium
8 University of Southern California USA
9 Cornell University USA
10 Imperial College London UK

Distinguished Faculty

0
Guggenheim Fellowships
0
Members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
0
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
0
Members of the National Academy of Sciences
0
American Philosophical Society
0
Members of the National Academy of Engineering

Members of distinction of the faculty, active and emeritus: Source upenn.edu/about/facts

1

nobel prize recipient

4

pulitzer prize recipients

10

macarthur award recipients

1

national medal of science recipient

In the past two decades: Source upenn.edu/about/facts