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Coulter ROPe Funds

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We would like to introduce Coulter ROPE (Real Options PipelinE) funds as a unique addition to the Coulter Program at UVA. The purpose of ROPE Funds are multifaceted.

• The funds are intended to reduce development uncertainty at an appropriate investment level (thus the name, borrowed from “real options,” which function to help reduce uncertainty about early stage concepts so that next stage investment decisions can be made with enhanced information/judgement).
  
• ROPE funds will enable teams to make rapid progress towards milestone driven research that is focused on clinical outcomes (real world results).
  
• The program will enable active involvement from all investigators interested in translational research, and thus will tightly build our culture by adding multiple strands of involvement to our community.
  
• By involving a larger cross-section of our ideas and talent in the pipeline process, the probability of successful outcomes for the whole group's translational effort will be increased in the long-term.