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Oregon University Venture Development Fund

PSU's world-class researchers partner with private-sector business expertise to commercialize novel technologies that create high-wage jobs and improve the quality of life here and elsewhere.

Jun Jiao, Center for Nanoscience

This translation of ideas from lab to market benefits students, who learn how to turn a dream into a business; faculty members, who receive licensing and royalty income to further their research; and Oregon's economy, which grows with new companies and jobs based on university research.

But it requires capital to put a promising idea to work in the real world.

Now you can help to create a vibrant economy for Oregon--and receive a generous tax credit for your investment--by supporting the University Venture Development Fund at Portland State. Read more, or contact Kristin Coppola, Assistant Vice President of Major Gifts, (503) 725-8799, coppola@pdx.edu.

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