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Welcome to the University of Virginia's "Corporate Connections" gateway. This site will help you navigate through the variety of ways the University relates to and collaborates with business, industry and private foundations.

The Corporate and Foundation Relations office seeks to maximize contributions and other support to the University of Virginia from corporations and foundations, by creating, maintaining and enhancing mutually beneficial relationships between these entities and university units.

We provide an infrastructure for prospect coordination, planning, solicitation and other services that empower university units to conduct these activities in the most effective manner. Our central staff can help you get started based upon your interests and needs. Call (434) 924-4159, e-mail Nick Duke, or write: Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400807, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4807.



CORPORATE & FOUNDATION RELATIONS
• U.Va. Corporate and Foundation Relations
• Effective Corporate Relationships at U.Va.
• Arts & Sciences Corporate Partners Program
• Arts and Sciences Research and Grants
• Darden School Corporate Relations
• McIntire School Corporate Relations
• Engineering School Corporate Relations
• Health System Corporate/Foundation Relations
• Continuing and Professional Studies
• Center for Politics

RECRUITING & PLACEMENT
• U.Va. Career Services (UCS)
• Darden Career Development Center (CDC)
• McIntire Career Services
• Engineering Career Services
• Architecture Career Services
• Alumni Career Services Center

EXECUTIVE & CONTINUING EDUCATION
• Darden Executive Education
• McIntire School: MS in the Management of Information Technology
• McIntire School: MS in Accounting: Tax Consulting
• McIntire Executive Development Programs
• Executive MS in Systems Engineering
• Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP)
• Continuing & Professional Studies/Executive Development
• Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
• Center for Politics - Executive Political Institute

BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Office of Economic Development: This site provides information and resources that will help further the development of research aimed at a commercial market.
• T100 Alumni Mentoring Program: T100 is a membership organization of alumni business experts committed to helping the University of Virginia meet its strategic science and technology goals through contribution of funds and hands-on mentoring of University-related start up companies.
• Virginia Center for Innovative Technology (CIT): CIT aims to increase commitment to the creation of knowledge, accelerate the transfer of that knowledge into the global marketplace and promote the growth of entrepreneurial firms.
• Charlottesville Business Innovation Council: The Charlottesville Business Innovation Council is the preeminent private-sector advocate and catalyst for entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development in the region. Formerly known as the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council + Charlottesville Venture Group (VPTC+CVG), the new name and identity became official on October 2, 2007.
• Central Virginia Small Business Development Center: Offering no-fee consulting services and low-cost training to small business owners/managers and to those who would like to start a new venture.
• Spinner Technologies, Inc.: was formed in 2000 as a new, for-profit subsidiary of the University of Virginia Patent Foundation to meet the demand of faculty who increasingly want to form new companies to commercialize their inventions. Spinner Technologies helps faculty entrepreneurs meet the challenge of the technology marketplace by providing smart, value-added services and encouraging greater integration between academia and industry, hence improving the flow of innovative university technologies to the public marketplace.
Partnerships, Philanthropy & News
• Philip Morris USA Supports Medical Research and Business Leadership with a $25 Million Gift to U.Va.
• Ivy Foundation Gives $45 Million to Medicine at U.Va.
• The Wallace Foundation Awards $5 Million Grant to U.Va.
• Dominion to Support Expansion of Historic Building and Environmental Initiatives at U.Va.

RESEARCH
• Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies
• Office of Sponsored Programs
• U.Va. Research and Centers
• Medical Research Centers & Institutes - Research and Grant Information
• Research and Public Service
• EXPLORATIONS Research Newsletter
• Research Parks
• McIntire School (business) Research Centers
• Virginia Transportation Research Council

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• U.Va. Patent Foundation
• Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO)

SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSITY
• Arts & Sciences
• Curry School of Education
• School of Engineering & Applied Science
• McIntire School of Commerce
• School of Architecture
• School of Nursing
• Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
• School of Law
• School of Medicine
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