PNNL Business Facts, Fiscal Year 2012
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Business Volume, Employment, and Customers
- $1.0 billion at the end of our 2012 fiscal year in September
- 4,454 scientists, engineers and non-technical staff
- Customers include the U.S. Department of Energy; other federal, state and local agencies; universities; and industry sponsors.
Patents
- 43 U.S. (FY2012)
- 75 foreign (FY2012)
- Since 1965, combined total of 2,153 U.S. and foreign
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- 1,041 peer-reviewed, published articles (FY2012)
- According to Essential Science Indicators rankings among top 1% of research institutions in publications and citations in (FY2012):
- Biology and Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Clinical Medicine
- Engineering
- Environment and Ecology
- Geosciences
- Materials Science
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology & Genetics
- Physics
FY2012 Awards Include
- 5 Fellows, AAAS
- Federal Laboratory Consortium award for technology transfer
- 2 R&D 100 Awards
- 3 DOE Honor Awards (recognizing work associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Fukushima nuclear accident, and for work to secure weapons-grade plutonium in the former Soviet Union)
- DOE Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- DOE Sustainability Award
- DOE Secretary's Award of Excellence in Project Management
- Federal Laboratory Consortium Interagency Partnership Award
- DOE Classification Award of Excellence
- DOE Early Career Research Award
- 3 Fellows, American Chemical Society (ACS)
Payroll and Taxes
- Gross payroll, approximately $422 million
- Employer-paid benefits totaled $119 million
- Various state and federal payroll taxes paid amounted to more than $31 million
- $715,336 in sales and use taxes
- $986,881 in property and leasehold taxes.
Purchased Goods and Services
- More than $392 million
Economic Development
- Nearly 150 businesses with roots to Battelle, operator of the laboratory, and PNNL technology or personnel; for the Tri-Cities, Washington area, this currently represents approximately 1,500 jobs
- Since 1994, completed about 1,017 technology assistance projects with approximately 75% of them supporting Washington-based companies, resulting in product or service improvements and increased revenues for these companies
Battelle Community Involvement
- Invested nearly $616,925 in area philanthropic and civic organizations (FY2012)
- Since 1965, Battelle has invested more than $24 million to improve science, education and quality of life in the Tri-Cities, Wash. community
- Invested $413,000 in Richland, Wash. Delta High School, a STEM- (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) focused school; total estimated support since 2007, including cash and in-kind support, is more than $3.4 million
- Through Team Battelle, our staff volunteer program, more than 2,500 employees volunteered more than 35,000 hours for 55 local organizations in (FY2012)
- Over the past 10 years, PNNL staff have volunteered more than 160,000 hours to community projects
- Boards
- United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties
- Washington State University-Tri-Cities Advisory Committee
- TRIDEC, the Tri-Cities Development Council
- The Tri-Cities Regional Chamber
- Habitat for Humanity Tri-Cities
- The Three Rivers Community Roundtable , a forum where community leaders collaborate to integrate strategies for the region
- The REACH Interpretative Center
- Delta High School
PNNL has members on numerous boards that influence the Tri-Cities and the State of Washington. A small sampling includes:
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