Purdue Innovation Fund Awards Nearly $500,000 for Research in Diabetes, Concussions, Cancer and 7 Other Projects
March 15 2012 - 10:19AM
Marketwired
Purdue researchers studying diabetes treatments,
concussion-mitigation, cancer therapies and seven other discoveries
received nearly $500,000 in the most recent rounds of awards
through the Trask Innovation Fund.
The Purdue Research Foundation-managed Trask Innovation Fund is
a development program to assist faculty who are close to
commercializing a discovery.
"The Trask Innovation Fund is an important resource for Purdue
researchers who are in the final stages of moving a discovery to
the market but need short-term funding to finalize the research
they have already conducted," said Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice
president, treasurer and COO of the Purdue Research Foundation.
"The Trask fund can be used to develop a prototype or compile data
that demonstrates the commercial strength of an invention that
makes a technology more marketable."
Elizabeth Hart-Wells, assistant vice president and director of
the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization, said Trask fund
recipients came from various disciplines across the Purdue
campus.
"The faculty from the colleges of science, engineering,
agriculture, pharmacy and other areas are represented in this round
of Trask awards," Hart-Wells said. "Purdue is a recognized
international leader for education and research, and we are
constantly looking for strong ways to support and commercialize the
important discoveries being developed at Purdue."
The researchers who received the funding are:
* Jenna Rickus, agriculture and biomedical engineering associate
professor.
* David Nolte, physics professor.
* Eric Nauman, mechanical engineering associate professor.
* Douglas Adams, Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and
Power Systems.
* Catherine Hill, associate professor of entomology.
* Paul Collodi, animal sciences professor.
* Kevin Trumble, materials engineering professor.
* Yoon Yeo, industrial and physical pharmacy assistant
professor.
* Richard Borch, Lilly Distinguished Professor of Medicinal
Chemistry and head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and
Molecular Pharmacology.
* Riyi Shi, professor of neurosciences and biomedical
engineering.
"Recipients of the Trask fund are faculty researchers who have
submitted a proposal to the Trask Innovation Fund Advisory
Council," said Richard O. Buckius, Purdue's vice president for
research and a member of the Trask advisory council. "There were
many outstanding faculty proposals and the selection process is
competitive. The council awards Trask funding twice a year."
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