The University Venture Development Fund (UVDF)
is a legislatively created and donor funded venture/
grant program unique to the State of Oregon. As a
fund used to fill the funding ‘gap’ between university
innovation and commercial products and services, the
UVDF benefits faculty, the university, and company
and individual donors (with a generous Oregon tax
credit), while at the same time spurring the local and
regional economy by promoting the use and impact of
innovations born within PSU.
UHN fueling global innovation in health care through philanthropic partnership
Transforming discoveries into real applications for patients can take years of development, refinement, validation and testing. While UHN’s research and clinical investigators have long been