University of Oregon

Contact
Jennifer Flores
Director of Development
Research and Graduate Studies
(503) 412-0468
jflores@uoregon.edu

UO Venture
Development Fund

Receive a 60% tax credit
for supporting innovation

multipipettesNow you can help expand Oregon’s economy—and receive an unprecedented tax break—by contributing to Oregon's new University Venture Development Fund.

Your contributions to the University Venture Development Fund at the UO 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.

News Update

Work will advance on a potential new means of solid-state lighting and a device for assessing hearing in people who cannot respond to sound, thanks to gifts to the UO's venture development fund. Full Story

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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