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 will 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 will showcase their work at the annual Innovation Forum competition and networking event. Questions from our panel of expert judges will follow the three-minute pitch-style presentations.
A demo station and networking reception allow for audience engagement.
Innovation Forum is co-sponsored by the Technology Licensing & New Ventures and the Humanities Council at Princeton.
Innovation Forum 2025 will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 1 pm in Frist Campus Center. If you are a Princeton faculty member, postdoctoral researcher, or graduate student whose research has potential for commercialization and/or cultural or societal impact we invite you to apply to present.
2024 Judges
- Stephani Register, Founder in Residence, Recovery is Essential; Principal Planner, City of Trenton
- Sashank Rishyasringa, Co-Founder & Managing Director, axio
- Sabriya Stukes, Partner at SOSV; Chief Scientific Officer at IndieBio
- Rob Van Varick, Chief Design Officer, Michael Graves Design
- Grant Warner, Bank of America Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship; Director of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship
2024 Results
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
- First Place: Opto-therapeutics
- Second Place: Reinventing package delivery
Humanities and Social Sciences
- First Place: Performing for Peace
- Second Place: School for Participation
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