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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span> ==
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech’s efforts to solve society’s problems, improve quality of life, and keep the United States globally competitive require the speedy transfer of ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace (</span>[https://www.research.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VT Research and Innovation</span>]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Working with business and industry is an essential characteristic of the Virginia Tech culture, and it is in the DNA of the university’s students and its 2,500 teaching and research faculty members, many of whom work to patent discoveries, start companies, and provide practical knowledge to the world.</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blacksburg is home to the </span>[http://www.vtcrc.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC)</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, home to nearly 200 research, technology, and support companies employing over 3,000 employees. The CRC works closely with the university to advance the research, educational, and technology transfer missions of Virginia Tech. The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and the university to advance research. The CRC also connects companies with faculty and student projects to be conducted at the research park. They also facilitate a number of programs (intellectual property support, physical research space, research-related employment for students, faculty, and surrounding area, supports Strategic Services and university outreach initiatives) as an intermediary between the university and the surrounding community.</span></span></span></span>