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THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS!

The 14th annual Governor's Awards for High Impact Research on November 20, 2024 honored Colorado’s top scientists and engineers for their brilliant, impactful research projects - this year's themes included seismology, wildfire mitigation, and femtosecond laser frequency combs.

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2024 WINNERS

Dr. Manuel (Matt) Mendoza

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Keynote Presentation:

Dr. Massimo Ruzzene
"From JILA to Elevate Quantum: A Perspective on Quantum Technology
in the Colorado Front Range"

Click Here to See His Presentation Slides (PDF)

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Spotlight Presentation:

Greg Rieker
LongPath Technologies

Event Photos Here
WINNERS' SPOTLIGHT VIDEOS:

2024 CO-LABS Technology Transfer Award - Governor's Awards for High Impact Research
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2024 CO-LABS Pathfinding Partnerships Award - Governor's Awards for High Impacts Research
04:59
2024 CO-LABS Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award - Governor's Awards for High Impact Research
05:20

Presenting Sponsor

Alliance for Sustainable Energy

Hosted By

Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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"We are all better off because of your tenacious, inspiring efforts to learn more and to solve such vexing problems. Your discoveries transcend the boundaries of Colorado to make our country and the world safer, more resilient, and prosperous. We are indeed fortunate to be home to this incredible concentration of dedicated scientists whose work is having such profound impacts on society."

- Colorado Governor Jared Polis, speaking about the 2022 Awardees

Colorado State University Office of the Vice President for Research

Platinum Sponsors

CU Boulder Research and Innovation Office

Gold Sponsors

Battelle
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Silver Sponsors

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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CSU Energy Institute
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Bronze Sponsors

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Supporting Sponsors

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"The winners of the annual Governor’s Awards for High Impact Research represent the excellence present in both the people that work in Colorado’s federally funded research institutions, and also the impact of the products and solutions that come out of those organizations." 

- Chris McKay, Operations Manager, Battelle/National Ecological Observatory Network; Chair of the Board of Directors for CO-LABS

 

 

 

Since 2009, CO-LABS has convened a special committee of academic researchers, technology transfer experts and science and engineering professionals to review nominations from Colorado’s labs. Through a thoughtful and thorough process this group selects projects that have had a significant global, national or state impact resulting from a scientific breakthrough, change in public policy or development of a new technology.

 

CO-LABS is a non-profit consortium of federal laboratories, research institutions, businesses and economic development organizations that provide financial and in-kind support for programs that promote the retention and expansion of Colorado scientific resources. Through events, economic analyses, strategic communications and networking activities we work to:

 

• PROMOTE Colorado as a global leader in research and technology

• EDUCATE the public about the labs’ impact and importance of sustained funding for research

• CONNECT the labs, universities and businesses to facilitate partnerships and technology transfer

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