Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.36
Liaison	Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date	Nov. 13, 2024

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Princeton University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	11.33 / 12.00	Sarah Boll Executive Director Office of Sustainability

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

581

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

16.52

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

66.67

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

Research_Inventory_Final_Princeton.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

The Office of Research and Project Administration provided a list of Principal Investigators and Co-Principal Investigators who had research awards in academic year 2023-2024. This list was further narrowed down to only include faculty (i.e. postdocs/research scholars, graduate students, non-academic staff, emeritus, and visiting faculty were not included). The Office of Sustainability then filtered this list by research interests to determine the number of sustainability researchers.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

https://orpa.princeton.edu

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Environmental research: https://environment.princeton.edu/research/

Research conducted by the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment: http://acee.princeton.edu/research/

As a global research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities' commitment to undergraduate teaching. Interdisciplinary work is vital to Princeton and is reflected in a full spectrum of academic programs. The Grand Challenges research program in particular engages faculty from disparate disciplines with postdoctoral fellows and graduate and undergraduate students to examine the scientific, technical, public-policy and human dimensions of climate and energy, water, global health, sustainable development and the urban environment.

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment also supports research and teaching in the areas of sustainable energy-technology development, energy efficiency, and environmental protection and remediation with the goal to translate fundamental knowledge into practical solutions.