As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2011

Securities Act File No. 002-82976

Investment Company Act File No. 811-03712

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (X)

and/or

Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940

Amendment No. 47 (X)

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 14

Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter

Gateway Center Three, 4^th Floor

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code

(973) 367-7521

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code

Deborah A. Docs

Gateway Center Three, 4^th Floor

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Name and Address of Agent for Service

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

(X)_ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

_ on (----) pursuant to paragraph (b)

_ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

_ on (----) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

_ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

_ on (----) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

_ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This filing relates solely to the Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund, which is a series of the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, and State of New Jersey, on the 7th day of April, 2011.

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 14

*Judy A. Rice

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
* Kevin J. Bannon	Director
* Scott E. Benjamin	Director
* Linda W. Bynoe	Director
* Michael S. Hyland	Director
* Douglas H. McCorkindale	Director
* Stephen P. Munn	Director
* Richard A. Redeker	Director
* Judy A. Rice	Director and President-Principal Executive Officer
* Robin B. Smith	Director
* Stephen G. Stoneburn	Director
* Grace C. Torres	Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

*By:	/s/ Katherine P. Feld	Attorney-in-Fact	April 7, 2011
	Katherine P. Feld

* Power of Attorney dated March 9, 2010. Incorporated by reference to exhibit (q) to Prudential Global Real Estate Fund Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-42705) filed via EDGAR on March 15, 2010.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase