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Support the successful
implementation of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies
Institute (ONAMI):
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Establish a management and
operational plan for the Institute and support efforts to
identify and secure operating funds necessary to make ONAMI
successful, including resources for developing management
teams, recruiting world-class researchers and streamlining
commercialization processes.
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Continue to work to secure
industry support and federal research grants for ONAMI: 1)
Secure designation of ONAMI as one of the nation's 10
Nanotechnology Research Centers as authorized under Senator
Wyden’s newly enacted Nanotechnology Research and
Development Act (S189).
2) Through
the combined efforts of the Micro2Nano group and the ONAMI Industry Advisory
Committee, develop and implement a coordinated strategy to secure funding authorized in S189
to bring more federal nanotechnology research funding to
Oregon.
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Work with Congressional
delegation to bring additional federal research funding to
Oregon.
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Complete the Technology
Roadmap: Work with OECDD to complete a Technology Roadmap that
identifies how core research competencies of Oregon
universities can be aligned with and commercialized by Oregon
industries.
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OCKED Commercialized
Research Committee should identify barriers to rapidly
commercializing technology from universities including both
procedural issues (university policies, review processes,
industry agreements) and operational aspects (formation of
management team and seed capital). |
In
2003, the Legislature approved
$1M in operating funds and $20M in bonding to support
the construction of signature research centers including the Oregon Nanoscience and
Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) at the University of Oregon. In June 2004,
Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith secured
U.S.
Senate approval for $10 million in defense-related
projects for ONAMI.
In November 2003,
Congress passed a nanotechnology bill authored by Senator Ron
Wyden that provides $3.67 billion for nanotech research and
development over the next three years.
A diverse group of Oregon venture capitalists,
researchers, business leaders, and the Oregon University
System (called the Micro-2-Nano
group), has come together
to develop a collaborative program designed to take advantage
of this legislation. SB
363, introduced during the 2003 State legislative session,
would have provided $4M for the Higher Education Technology
Transfer (HETT) fund and $1M for technology transfer efforts
for Oregon businesses. There was no funding available in the
2003 session.
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