The Innovation Forum program presents an opportunity for faculty, researchers, postdocs, and graduate students to consider and showcase the impact of their research beyond the academy.
Participants receive coaching from mentors to help them understand the real-world impact of their research, which could include commercialization, societal, and or cultural potential.
Researchers showcase their work at the annual Innovation Forum competition and networking event. Questions from our panel of expert judges follow the three-minute pitch-style presentations.
A demo station and networking reception allow for audience engagement.
Participating in the Forum as a presenter requires a current status or affiliation with a faculty or researcher at Princeton University.
Innovation Forum 2025 was held on Wednesday, October 22. It was co-sponsored by the Technology Licensing & New Ventures and the Humanities Council at Princeton.
2025 Awardees
Humanities
- First place: Allison Carruth and Barron Bixler for Blue Lab
- Second place: Lorae Stojanovic for Princeton Free Food: A Scalable, Real-Time Community Platform
STEM
- First place: Mitchell Ng for PeriMind
- Second place: Henry Birge-Lee for Crosslayer Labs
2025 Judges
- Desiree Barron-Callaci, Senior Program Officer, American Council of Learned Societies
- Jossy R. Harrington, Senior Associate, Tech Council Ventures
- Alice Kogan, Lecturer, Keller Center
- Stacy Kornhauser, Chief of Staff/Project Manager, Bell Labs Solutions Research
- De Nichols, Author, Designer, and Researcher leading Culture Lab UXR
- Richard Purcell, Director, Business Development, LeagueMed
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