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Five EDGE initiative projects OK'd
Earnings from an endowment pay for the work.

By Staff and Wire Reports
Published: 11/13/2009 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 11/13/2009 4:23 AM

The board of the Economic Development Generating Excellence initiative recently approved five projects, including several with Tulsa ties, totaling more than $6.9 million.

Earnings from the $150 million EDGE Fund endowment, approved by the Legislature in 2006, are used to fund the work.

The five projects approved for funding are:

Oklahoma flight innovation, research and testing-unmanned aerial systems, $1.5 million, two years. The project will create a testing facility at Fort Sill in Lawton for unmanned aerial systems. It will be led by the University Multispectral Laboratories in Ponca City and Oklahoma State University.

Utilizing Oklahoma resources to develop novel therapeutics for Crohn's disease, $1.76 million, two years. The effort will include Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corp. in Oklahoma City.

Boosting Oklahoma oil production using next-generation surfactant technology, $2 million, three years. The project, which will seek to extract additional oil from low-producing wells, will include the University of Oklahoma and Mid Con Energy of Tulsa.

Health information exchange platform, $500,000, one year. The goal is to create a software system that will connect health information exchanges to enable insurance companies and other health care providers to share information easily. Participants will include the OU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, Benefit Informatics Inc. in Tulsa and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.

Nano-engineered infrared sensors, $1.03 million, three years. Led by Amethyst Research in Ardmore, the project will create sensors for devices such as night vision goggles. Others involved include OSU-Tulsa, OU and the University of Tulsa. By Staff and Wire Reports

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