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NSF Announces $10M to Support Commercialization of NSF-Funded Research

July 13, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced approximately $10 million in new funding through its Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program. The PFI program offers NSF-funded researchers at institutions of higher education opportunities to connect new knowledge to societal benefit through translational research efforts and/or partnerships that encourage, enhance, and accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship. Via the new announcement, Accelerating Innovation Research- Technology Translation (AIR-TT), NSF intends to make up to 50 awards to institutions of higher education (including community colleges) to move previously NSF-funded research results with promising commercial potential along the path toward commercialization. Eligible proposers are required to submit a letter of intent to NSF by September 8. Read the FFO...

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