佛蒙特大学获国家科学基金会 600 万美元资助 启动 INVEST 计划扶持 9 支创业研究团队
位于佛蒙特州 Burlington 市的佛蒙特大学（UVM）近日宣布，获得美国国家科学基金会（NSF）600 万美元资助，启动 INVEST 计划。计划全称为“识别与培育佛蒙特州新兴战略技术”（Identifying and Nurturing Vermont’s Emerging Strategic Technologies）。
据校方介绍，INVEST 将为 9 支创业型研究团队提供种子基金，单支团队两年内最高可获得 15 万美元支持。计划重点覆盖食品系统、复杂系统与生物医学工程等方向。
康奈尔大学担任该计划的导师机构，为佛蒙特大学的团队提供创业指导与经验支持。计划由佛蒙特大学研究副校长助理 Sara Helms Cahan 负责主持。
校方表示，INVEST 意在把校内实验室成果推向市场，帮助佛蒙特州培育新的战略技术产业与就业机会，入选团队名单将按计划进度陆续公布。
（来源：佛蒙特大学）
University of Vermont Lands $6 Million NSF Award for INVEST Program Backing Nine Research Teams
The University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, Vermont, has announced a $6 million award from the National Science Foundation to launch INVEST, short for Identifying and Nurturing Vermont’s Emerging Strategic Technologies.
Under the program, nine entrepreneurial research teams will receive seed funding, with the largest awards up to $150,000 over two years. Focus areas include food systems, complex systems and biomedical engineering, the university said.
Cornell University serves as the mentoring institution for the program. INVEST is directed by Sara Helms Cahan, UVM’s associate vice president for research.
UVM said the program is designed to move campus research toward the market and grow new strategic-technology industries and jobs in Vermont, with team selections to be announced as the program proceeds.
(Source: University of Vermont)
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