Penn Engineering Futures Fund

Join Penn Engineering on the ground floor of emerging science and technology.

Futures Fund donors serve as lead investors in high-risk, high-reward research that addresses humanity’s greatest challenges.

For over 170 years, Penn Engineering has been a pioneering force in research and technological innovation. Yet today, many of our most promising early-stage ideas go overlooked, as traditional funding mechanisms favor safe, incremental progress over bold exploration. Federal funding for research is also contracting, making philanthropic support more vital than ever.

The Futures Fund empowers bold research that might otherwise go unrealized, providing early investment when it matters most. When projects succeed, their returns are reinvested, creating an ever-renewing engine for innovation.