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CIT is celebrating 20 years of making innovation happen and creating technology-based economic development opportunities for the Commonwealth and Nation. Its early years focused on enhancing research and transfer activities of Virginia’s universities. As they became more successful in carrying out those functions, CIT moved its focus toward new challenges, technologies, entrepreneur
s and technology companies that make innovation happen. Here are some of our success stories from across the Commonwealth – and beyond:
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Luna Innovations
In 1990, a young Virginia Tech graduate student
named Kent Murphy had an idea to take innovative
technologies from the applied research stage to
product development. CIT helped him with technology
transfer assistance and investments, which led to the
creation of Luna Innovations, Inc.... READ MORE |
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Environmental Solutions, Inc.
In the early 1990s, Brenda Robinson and her late husband
Phil took their business idea to CIT consultants. With
years of prior business experience and a passion for
nature and the environment, the Robinsons wanted
to prove that protecting the environment made good
business sense... READ MORE |
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Commercial Space
Flight Authority
One of the first satellite launches in the United States
took place at Wallops Island, Virginia on July 4, 1945.
For nearly 20 years, Wallops Island was the base
for rocket pioneers and engineers working on space
programs... READ MORE |
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Rollstream
In 2006, CIT announced its GAP Fund investment of
$200,000 in Jay Jayamohan’s company,
Rollstream, Inc., a Fairfax, Va.-based enterprise
software management company... READ MORE |
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The Institute for Defense and Homeland Security
The Institute for Defense and Homeland Security (IDHS) is an organization of university, industry and federal research and development laboratories dedicated to delivering world-class science and technology solutions in response to national defense and homeland security requirements... READ MORE |
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National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Administration
CIT was awarded a contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to
manage the Coastal Observation program that uses sensor technologies to monitor in real-time the influence of the Chesapeake Bay on nearby coastal ocean marine ecosystems... READ MORE |
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The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research is a catalyst for economic and community transformation through strategic and commercial research, advanced learning programs, advanced networking and
technology, commercial opportunity development and community outreach... READ MORE |
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Broadband Deployment
CIT Broadband accelerates the socio-economic growth of Virginia’s rural and under served areas through the application and use of broadband telecommunications...
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Hampton Roads Technology Incubator System
The Hampton Roads Technology Incubator System (HRTIS) is dedicated to nurturing
high-growth, high tech businesses into profitable industry leaders... READ MORE |
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Medical Automation Systems
Medical Automation Systems, Inc., based in Charlottesville, Va. is the leader in information
management for patient diagnostic point-of-care testing... READ MORE |
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