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Colorado State University is rightfully proud of its heritage as a Land
Grant University. One of the fundamental land-grant ideals is the ability
to generate new knowledge while simultaneously applying that knowledge for
society’s benefit and training the next generation of society’s
citizenry. This ideal has never been more alive than today at Colorado State.
One has only to pick up a newspaper to reaffirm that the issues and challenges
we face today require the innovation of teams of researchers, linkages of
academia to the private sector, and the inspiration of today’s students
who will build tomorrow’s accomplishments on the foundation with which
we will provide them. Society invests in public research universities such
as CSU to achieve success in the face of these complex issues and challenges. One of the ways that research universities provide a very direct return on society’s investment is via technology transfer. While intellectual property and the Bayh-Dole Act seem like modern issues, in fact they are simply the most recent embodiments of the outreach and application mission that has uniquely characterized Land Grant universities since their inception more than 130 years ago. Colorado State University, working in close partnership with the Colorado State University Research Foundation and many other regional economic development entities such as the Fort Collins Virtual Business Incubator, is rightly proud of our progress in technology transfer across the full breadth of its research portfolio. Colorado State’s research excellence spans our historical research strengths in biomedical sciences, the environment, sciences related to information technology, and food, nutrition and human health. These areas continue to become more multidisciplinary, with research teams working to bridge among basic discovery, the application of research, and assessment of the application. This assessment increasingly includes economic impact and policy analysis. From studies on fertility and embryonic development, to learning and the attainment of human potential, to advances in technology, to providing food and limiting disease, to training the next generation of leaders, scientists, and citizens – research programs at Colorado State University impact our society. We hope that this research report will help tell the success stories of some of our researchers and their teams and will also illustrate how the transfer of technology from our laboratories is changing the world in which we live. I hope that as you read the stories in this report, you will share our sense of enthusiasm. It is the essence of Colorado State University that our pride in our historic success is only overshadowed by our zeal for the future. On behalf of Colorado State University, I invite you to share in our excitement. Anthony A. Frank |
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