Further information is available on the Web . The Cultivar Development Research Program, sponsored by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and the Georgia Seed Development Commission, is an acknowledgment that exemplary work in the development of new cultivars will increase if there is support to advance the cultivar development program. The rationale of the program is that it will serve as a catalyst to increase support from both private and public sources. Funding for this program is provided from revenues generated from the commercialization of plant cultivars developed at the University of Georgia. Proposals involving the development of new programs, initiatives, or research facilities that will be beneficial to a group of faculty or faculty in more than one discipline are particularly encouraged.
Awards can be one to three years in duration.
The Creative Development Unit is a function of the Office of the Vice President for Research and provides resources to advise faculty on commercial exploitation of creative and other written work.