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cover illustration from the 2009 annual report

Background illustration credit Jonathan Lynch/Johannes Postma

Office of the Senior Vice President for Research Annual Report of Research Activity Fiscal Year 2009

A Record-breaking Year for Research Expenditures

Penn State’s research expenditures in fiscal 2009 reached a record $765 million, a 6.7 percent increase over the previous year and a 74 percent increase since fiscal year 2000. Read highlights in the recently released 2009 Annual Report of Research Activity (in PDF format).