Funding early-stage, proof-of-concept research is often a challenge for university researchers. Traditionally, governmental funding agencies have chosen to invest in basic science and in projects that are more advanced in their technological development.
Until now.
Biofuels researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) recently received funding from OUR&D, a unique grassroots not-for-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado, that is seeking to supplement the current research and development funding landscape.
Watch this video to learn more about this project: https://youtu.be/PRPHkFYmGYA.
Founded by a group of clean energy scientists and experts, OUR&D was designed to “fill the gap referred to as the ‘valley of death’ that sits between good ideas and traditional funding sources.”
“OUR&D is working to fund as many ideas as possible to make sure that potentially world-changing innovations past the proof-of-concept stage,” said Brent Nelson, science director and board member of OUR&D. “It can take years of research to bring a new technology to market. It is our mission to fund those promising ideas now.”
