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UO Venture
Development Fund

Gifts help leverage R&D efforts

Tax credits available for Oregon taxpayers

multipipettesDonors with a passion for innovation are helping transform UO discoveries into tomorrow’s business by making gifts to the University Venture Development Fund.

Gifts to the fund also benefit faculty and students, who learn how to turn research and technologies into business opportunities. The university, in turn, receives royalties from successful ventures—income that supports its research, education and outreach missions.

What’s more, qualifying donors can receive Oregon state income-tax credits worth up to 60 percent of the value of their gifts.

Your gift will support three key steps in the difficult early stages of moving commercially viable research from lab to market.

  • Market feasibility and assessment studies on patentable technologies and innovations emerging from faculty and student research
  • Proof-of-concept and translational research grants
  • Seed grants, awarded as matching funds, to new UO spinout companies with demonstrated potential for commercial success

The information in this website is not tax advice. Please consult your tax and financial advisers before finalizing your plans.

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Giving is Easy

Tax credits are available on a first-come, first-served basis. A fully completed UVDF Contribution and Tax Credit application form must be approved by the University of Oregon before donors are eligible to receive a UVDF tax credit.

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