fossil fuel funding at Princeton

Since 2000, ExxonMobil and BP together have given over $35 million to the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the Climate Mitigation Initiative (CMI) at Princeton University. Over the last 5 years, the University has received $26.2 million in funding research from eleven oil and gas companies, with most of that coming from Exxon-Mobil and BP. Over the last 5 years, approximately 50 fossil-fuel related companies have recruited on campus.

In 2022 out of a total of $279,372,533 in sponsored funding, Princeton received $3.860,873 or 1.38% from 5 fossil fuel companies:

BP International Limited $2,381,049

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. $1,328,528

Shell Oil Company $15,788

Syncrude Canada Ltd. $122,822

TOTAL E&P Research & Technology USA, LLC $12,686

In 2021, out of a total of $255,935,599 in sponsored funding, Princeton received $3,836,135 or 1.5% from 5 fossil fuel companies:

BP International Limited $2,088,995

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. $1,389,644

Shell Oil Company $150,483

Syncrude Canada Ltd. $61,937

TOTAL E&P Research & Technology USA, LLC $145,076

Over the last 5 years, approximately 50 fossil-fuel related companies have recruited on campus.
A number of Princeton trustees have links to fossil fuel companies.

Princeton Annual Funding Reports

2022 - pages 25-31 - total value fossil fuel funding $3.860,873

2021 - from page 26 - total value fossil fuel funding $3,836,135

2020 - from page 25

2019 - from page 24

2018 - pages 32-33, 56, 60, 82, 95, 143

2017 - pages 31, 51, 52,58, 88, 89, 130

2012 - pages 148-150