Transforming today’s research and development into tomorrow’s businesses

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:

• 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
• Press Release on Launch of Venture Development Fund, 10-04-07

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