Infectious Disease Supercluster
On February 8, 2007, Colorado State University unveiled the Infectious Disease Supercluster and MicroRX, a first-of-its-kind enterprise model to speed the transition of research into the global marketplace.
Superclusters: Moving Research to Market
Primary components of the Superclusters
- Academic Infrastructure: A multidisciplinary alliance of researchers, economists, and business experts working on innovative research and discovery
- Enterprise Infrastructure: Promotes business alliances, new commercial applications, and opportunities for additional investment in the research and research products.
Key elements of the Superclusters
- Address a great global challenge - from infectious disease to cancer, energy solutions, and the environment
- Address challenges that are complex and demand multidisciplinary approaches
- Built on a foundation of scholarly excellence in core disciplines
- Focused on academic research areas that are of interest and importance to government, not-for-profit entities, and corporate and philanthropic partners locally, regionally, nationally, and across the world