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Three USTAR Technology Commercialization Grants at Utah State University receive funding
USTAR Technology Commercialization Grant program funds multi-disciplinary projects at USU
Submitted by Jacoba Poppleton, USU
Innovations targeting markets for new antifungal agents, wastewater backflow prevention and synthetic diesel were approved in the most recent USTAR Technology Commercialization Grant round at Utah State University.
In 2009, USTAR launched the Technology Commercialization Grant (TCG) program, a funding mechanism designed to bring innovative new technologies to market from Utah’s public colleges and universities. In July 2010, the USTAR Governing Authority approved three grants submitted by USU’s internal Technology Commercialization Grant review committee.
“We are very pleased with the caliber of proposals received throughout the TCG process and in this final submission round,” said Ray DeVito, director of USU’s Technology Commercialization Office. “The USTAR TCG program has addressed a critical need in the commercialization process at USU by assisting inventors and researchers in the final stages of idea implementation to drive the technology forward.”
The USTAR TCG program supports research projects that are most likely to generate patents, technology licenses and product commercialization in the short term. Since the program began, twelve USU proposals, including nine from previous submission rounds, have received funding. Read more…
