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Innovation At Work - Our Investments In Action

The following "vignettes" or summaries of some of the Science Foundation Arizona Investments throughout Arizona are below.   We are adding new vignettes every day so check back often to see SFAz's work come to life!

By clicking on the Read More >>> explanatory link below the picture, you can learn how researchers are creating new alternative energy sources, how new therapies are being developed for cancer treatment and how our K-12 students are preparing themselves for future careers as scientists.   

Not only is the research amazing, but the results have already been strong.  Read more on the return of investment on this strategic research >>. 

The links also contain the name of the P.I. or Principal Investigator.  This is the reseacher or educator leading the innovation initiative.

 
Read More >>>  Growing Solar-Loving Bacteria and Creating a new Form of Alternative Energy.  Principal Investigators, Bruce Rittman and Willem Vermass

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Read More >>>  Arizona Students as Researchers - a K-12 Arizona Rivers Initiative.  Principal Investigator, Martha Whitaker

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Read More >>>  Turning Genes On and Off and Curing Diseases.  Principal Investigator, David Galbraith

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Read More >>>  Hands On Optics - A K-12 Student Discovery Program.  Principal Investigator, Steve Pompea

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Read More >>>  NEXUS K-12 Discovery Program. - Principal Investigator, Daniel Kain

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Read More >>>   Sustainable Microchip Manufacturing Using Less Water and Energy Than Ever Before.  Principal Investiagor, Anthony Muscat

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Read More >>>  Cultivating the Engines of the Information Economy -Electro-optic Polymers.  Principal Investigator, Nassar Peyghambarian
 

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Read More >>>  Solar Energy to Empower Arizona's Future Economy.  Principal Investigator,  Yong Hang Zhang=========================================================================

   
Read More >>>  New Forms of Drug Delivery with Pumps, Polymers and Patches.  Principal Investigator, Dominic McGrath

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Read More >>>  Lighting Breakthroughs in a Materials World with potential Solar Applications.  Principal Investigator, John Kouvetakis

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Read More >>>  Vaccines on the Vine.  Principal Investigator, Chieri Kubota 

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Read More >>>  A New Spin on DNA for Health and Security Applications. Principal Investigator, Wayne Frasch

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Read More >>>  Growing Algae and New Businesses.   Principal Investigator, Qiang Hu 

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Read More >>>  Educating a Knowledge Based Workforce.  Principal Investigator, Xan Simonson

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Read More >>>  A Collaborative Genome Database for Leveraging Research Efforts.  Principal Investigator, Robert Penny

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Read More >>>  Toad Behavior Leading Toward Therapies in Muscular Related Diseases.  Principal  Investigator, Kiisa Nishikawa
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Read More >>>  Astronomy Leads the Way for High Tech Careers. Principal Investigator, Katy Garmany
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Read More >>>  Pioneering a Low Cost Solution for Solar Silicon.  Principal Investigator, David Lynch
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