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University Venture Development Fund
Transforming today’s research and development into tomorrow’s businesses

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Oregon’s university venture development fund will help transform today’s research and development into tomorrow’s businesses, ensuring that new and nascent technologies emerging from university laboratories will have a better chance than ever to become commercially viable.

The idea is simple: the Venture Development Fund provides an unprecedented tax incentive for donors who choose to support commercialization of promising university discoveries and campus-based entrepreneurial education by contributing to university venture development funds at Oregon University System (OUS) campuses and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

Here is additional information on the Fund, including university contacts:

• Press Release on Launch of Venture Development Fund, 10-04-07
• Informational Brochure and university contacts, University Venture Development Fund
• Executive Summary of tax credit information for Oregon donors
• FAQs on the University Venture Development Fund
• Tax Credit Certificate Application Form

Supporting our universities through gifts to these venture development funds is a way to build vibrant Oregon communities, grow the economy, improve education, and achieve a better future for all Oregonians.

Participating Oregon Universities:

• Eastern Oregon University
  
• Oregon Health & Science University
  
• Oregon Institute of Technology
  
• Oregon State University
  
• Portland State University
  
• Southern Oregon University
• University of Oregon
• Western Oregon University