Director, Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations at Princeton University, Coleen Burrus discussed Princeton's strategy of collaborating with community partners to increase engagement and further innovation. The event was hosted by Somerset County Business Partnership.
Princeton University - Collaboration Accelerates Innovation
2. Triple Helix – Academia / Industry / Government partnership
Academia
IndustryGovernment
Academia, government, industry together are “generating a knowledge infrastructure in terms of
overlapping institutional spheres, with each taking the role of the other and with hybrid
organizations emerging at the interfaces.”
Etzkowitz and Leydesdroff, 2000
5. Collaboration Accelerates Innovation
Princeton
entered a five-
year partnership
with ExxonMobil
in 2015.
Support from Merck has
made possible the
discovery of myriad new
reactions for the synthesis
of valuable bioactive
compounds.
The Carbon Mitigation
Initiative at Princeton
has been supported by
BP since its inception
in 2000.
Massive Dynamics,
LLC, an applied
mathematics firm, has
supported the
laboratory of Herschel
Rabitz (Chemistry)
with funding for
research in ontogenetic
(using light to
control gene
activation).
Siemens works with
Princeton University
and a number of
other universities to
support R&D and to
tap pipelines of
student talent for job
recruitment.
6. Future Capital Investment in Research
Proposed facilities for engineering and environmental studies; and
collaboration space with industry
7. Economic Impact
Princeton University is
one of the largest
employers in Mercer
County, a research and
innovation leader, a major
purchaser of goods and
services, and a sponsor of
construction projects
8. New Jersey Institutional Partnership Research Database
Facilitating
Institutions
Research
Universities
Business &
Industry
Groups
9. • Faculty bios and expert profiles
• Information about universities:
programs,
departments and specializations
• Publications and abstracts
• Equipment and laboratory technology
• Funding, awards and grants
• Intellectual property
• Events and conferences
• News, videos, and articles
• Jobs and professional development
opportunities
And What Are Research Assets?
11. • Learning from the Ford-MIT alliance – Magee & Roth, 2002
• MIT Industrial Partnerships – Report of Ad-Hoc Committee, 2003
• Guiding Principles for University-Industry Endeavors – National Council of
University Research Administrators (NCURA) and Industrial Research Institute
(IRI), 2006
• Best Practices for Industry – University Collaboration – MIT Sloan Review,
2007
• Partnership Continuum – UIDP, 2012
• Creating Effective University-Industry Alliances: An Organizational Learning
Perspective – Richard M. Cyert Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Goodman
Carnegie Mellon University
• UIDP Publications
University-Industry Partnerships, Learn Before Doing…
13. Princeton University Departments to Contact
Office of the Dean for Research (DFR) Office of Public Affairs
Corporate Engagement
Coleen Burrus
Director, Corporate Engagement and
Foundation Relations (CEFR)
Cburrus@princeton.edu
609-258-5954
Technology Licensing
John Ritter
Director of Technology Licensing
jritter@princeton.edu
609-258-1570
Karen Jezierny
Director of Public Affairs
KarenJ@princeton.edu
609-258-6477
Maura Fennessy
Government Affairs Specialist
Fennessy@princeton.edu
609-258-7445
Tracy Meyer
Industry Outreach and
Marketing
twmeyer@princeton.edu
609-258-9311
The Office of Community and Regional
Affairs
Princeton Entrepreneurship Council
Kristin Appelget
Director, Community and Regional
Affairs
appelget@princeton.edu
609-258-3018
Erin Metro
Associate Director, Community
Relations
emetro@princeton.edu
(609)-258-5144
Anne-Marie Maman
Executive Director, Princeton Entrepreneurship Council
amaman@princeton.edu
609-258-4499
Princeton University Athletics Office of Procurement
Zack Rosenberg
General Manager, Princeton IMG Sports Marketing
Jadwin Gym/Faculty Road
zack.rosenberg@img.com
609-258-9744
Ela Mohamed
Director, Procurement Services
mohamed.ela@princeton.edu
609-258-5770
14. Princeton University Departments to Contact
Director,
Corporate Engagement and
Foundation Relations
Coleen Burrus
Cburrus@princeton.edu
609-258-5954