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Faculty
at the University
have not been content merely to apply new information technology
to further their own investigations. They have been quick to make
their discoveries in such fields as medicine and engineering available
so that they can be harnessed to improve the well-being of the general
public. Government agencies have expressed their confidence in the
quality and productivity of faculty research by granting funds for
over $280 million in 2006. Various federal and privately funded
projects in engineering, science, education, and medicine are of
particular note. Examples include:
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Healing
of Tendon Injuries (sponsor - MicroAire Surgical Instruments) |
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Carbon
Sources and Sinks in Eastern U.S. Forests (sponsor - Indiana
Univ.) |
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Episodic
and Long-Term Acidification of Streams (sponsor - EPA) |
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Best
Practices for High-Risk Kids (sponsor - Virginia Department
of Education) |
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Effects
of Muscarinic Signaling (sponsor - Virginia Center on Aging) |
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Leptin
Action on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (sponsor - NSF) |
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Collaborative
Ocular Melanoma Study (sponsor - Johns Hopkins) |
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Gender
Factors in Spinal Stability and Low-Back Injury (sponsor - DHHS/NIAMS) |
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Survival
Strategies of Hyperthermophilic Bacterium (sponsor - NSF) |
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Influence
of Random Microstructure on Stress Concentrations (sponsor -
NSF) |
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Embedded
Real-Time Safety-Critical Digital Systems (sponsor - NRC) |
Other
noteworthy discoveries took place in the Humanities and Computer Science
areas. The ability to convert information into the digital language
easily understood by computers has dramatically enhanced the University's
ability to disseminate knowledge. Digitizing allows the University
of Virginia to store sound, images, film, and texts compactly, combine
them seamlessly, and distribute them economically. Thanks to the expertise
at the University of Virginia, faculty members can readily create
multimedia presentations that heighten the effectiveness of classroom
teaching. At the same time, digital information conveyed on the Internet
allows us to make available the resources of the University to the
citizens of the commonwealth, the nation, and of the world.
The artifacts of the information age -- the computers, fiberoptic
cables, and networked printers -- are everywhere in evidence at the
University of Virginia, and their effects on the research enterprise
are pervasive. Our researchers are using computers to tackle problems
of unprecedented complexity and scope, while developing new methods
to collaborate with other researchers at distant institutions.
The Patent Foundation is
a not-for-profit corporation which evaluates the intellectual property
value and commercial potential of inventions made in the course of
University of Virginia research, and where warranted, seeks to patent
those inventions and license them to industry. The Patent Foundation
thus serves to promote the entry of University of Virginia-developed
technologies into the commercial marketplace, and to generate royalties
which are then used to fund further research. The Patent Foundation
currently evaluates over 100 inventions per year. The Patent Foundation
also supports and encourages local economic development by licensing
to established and newly formed local companies, and serves as a University-wide
resource for information about intellectual property and licensing.
The Patent Foundation has also recently received funding from Virginia’s
Center for Innovative Technology to launch a new program for the copyright
protection and licensing of University-developed computer software.
Patent
Foundation Statistics
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Technology
Option & License Agreements
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006: 61
Technology Disclosures
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006: 177
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Spinner
Technologies, Inc. is a for-profit subsidiary of the Patent
Foundation and is designed to assist UVA faculty spin off new companies
from their research. Spinner offers numerous business start-up services,
including: trademark searches and corporate name registration, referrals
to appropriate sources of funding, business negotiations, drafting
business plans, guidance with U.Va. policies, and lab space. As
compensation for its services, Spinner retains a small equity stake
(negotiated on a case-by-case basis).
Research
Centers
Electronic Centers
Digital
Media Center
Electronic
Text Center
Geospatial
and Statistical Data Center
Institute
for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Special
Collections Digital Center
Virginia
Center for Digital History
Health
System
Asthma
and Allergic Diseases Center
Beirne
B. Carter Center for Immunology
Biomolecular
Research Facility
Cancer
Center
Cardiovascular
Research Center
Center
for Addiction Research and Education
Center
for Biological Timing
Center
for Biomedical Ethics
Center
for Cell Signaling
Center
for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Center
for Nursing Research
Center
for Research in Contraceptive & Reproductive Health
Center
for Research in Reproduction
Center
for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Center
for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction
Digestive
Health Center
General
Clinical Research Center
Department
of Public Health Sciences
The
Heart and Vascular Center
Infectious
Diseases and International Health Center
International
Health Care Worker Safety Center
Medical
Automation Research Center
Myles
Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research
Nephrology
Clinical Research Center
Southeastern
Rural Mental Health Research Center
Tissue
Adhesive Center
Center
for Improving Minority Health
Humanities
The
Arts and Sciences Center for Instructional Technologies
Arts
and Sciences Research
Asian
and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Book
Arts Press
Carter
G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies
Center
for Russian and East European Studies
Center
for South Asian Studies
Center
for the Liberal Arts
Center for
the Study of Higher Education
East Asia Center
Institute for
Advanced Technology in the Humanities
Multicultural
Pavilion
Papers of George Washington
Papers of James Madison
Virginia Center
for Computer Music (VCCM)
Virginia Foundation for the
Humanities
Sciences
and Social Sciences
Blandy Experimental Farm
Center
for Biomathematical Technology
Center
for Cellular Imaging
Center
for Children, Families, and the Law
Center
for Politics
Center
for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Center
for National Security Law
Center
for Oceans Law and Policy
Center
for Risk Management of Engineering Systems
Center
for Survey Research
Center
for the Liberal Arts
Center
for the Management of Information Technology
Center
for Transportation Studies
Geospatial
and Statistical Data Center
Institute
for Advanced Studies in Culture
Institute
for Environmental Negotiation
Institute
for Global Policy Research
Institute
for Nuclear and Particle Physics
Institute
of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy
Miller
Center of Public Affairs
Mountain
Lake Biological Station
Society
for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Statistics
Consulting Center
Surface
Science Center
Gene
Targeting and Transgenic Facility
Transportation
Research Council
Virginia
Coast Reserve Long-term Ecological Research Project
Virginia
Institute for Justice Information Systems (VIJIS)
Virginia
Institute of Government
Virginia
Sea Grant
Virginia
State Climatology Office
Weldon
Cooper Center for Public Service
University-Wide
Centers and Divisions
Center for Alcohol and Substance
Education
School
of Continuing and Professional Studies
Educational
Technology Center
Lorna
Sundberg International Center
Teaching
Resource Center
University
Press of Virginia
The
Women's Center
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