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Purdue Innovates Trask Innovation Fund supports advances in ag biotechnology, cancer treatments and fiber optics – News

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Purdue University researchers in the College of Pharmacy and College of Science have received $124,984 from the Trask Innovation Fund to develop Purdue-owned intellectual property for commercial use.

The innovations are in the areas of agricultural biotechnology, cancer treatments, and fiber optics and electronics.

The fund is managed by the Purdue Innovates Incubator, which provides programming for the Purdue University community to ideate, refine and support their solutions. Funding recipients can receive up to $50,000 for their initial project; they may reapply a maximum of three times to receive up to an aggregate cap of $100,000 to support the same technology.

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