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Penn carries on the principles and spirit of its founder, Benjamin Franklin: entrepreneurship, innovation, invention, outreach, and a pragmatic love of knowledge. Franklin's practical outlook has remained a driving force in the university's development. Penn currently ranks as one of the premier research universities in the nation with more than $700 million in annual R & D expenditures. Our broad-based approach is multidisciplinary, with collaborations taking place between faculty and students from across Penn's 12 schools. With 165 research centers and institutes, research is a substantial and esteemed enterprise at Penn. As of fiscal year 2010, the research community includes over 3,800 faculty and over 1,000 postdoctoral fellows, over 5,400 academic support staff and graduate assistants, and a research budget of $814 million. The scale and interdisciplinary character of our research activities make Penn a nationally-ranked research university.
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