OFFICE OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER  |  September 2006
(Volume VI, No. 3)

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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI NEWS

• UM Technology Transfer Report, FY 2001 through FY 2006
• Research Foundation to Help Move UM Inventions to Marketplace
• UM-St. Louis Faculty Start-Up Company Honored for Work on Prevention of Cervical Cancer
• UMSL's International Business Program Ranked 8th by U.S. News & World Report

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

• Brazilian and U.S. Companies Developing Airplane Biofuel
• Patient-specific Cancer Treatment Created
• China Calls AIDS Vaccine "Effective" in Early Test
• Congress Boosts Development Funding, but Federal Research Still Headed Down in 2007
• USPTO Releases For Public Comment DRAFT Five-Year Roadmap for IP Protection and Policy

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The Office of Research Administration supports and advocates research and technology transfer by faculty, graduate students and staff. The ORA provides services in conjunction with external and internal sources of funding for research, along with services related to commercializing discoveries through technology transfer. The goal of this newsletter is to inform the campus community of grants received and funding opportunities, to highlight the accomplishments of our faculty, graduate students and staff, and to share with you news and resources related to research, creativity and commercialization. Please direct any comments or questions regarding the newsletter to Tamara Kratochvil (kratochvilt@umsl.edu).

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