GAP Funded Projects

Each year, Penn State’s Commercialization GAP Fund accelerates the development of promising research across our campuses.

2026

Magnified image of rare earth minerals

Rare-Earth and Precious Metals without the Toxic Solvents

Image of a person using a swab for at-home healthcare diagnostics

Reducing Barriers to Critical Health Diagnostics

Image of a lithium battery array

Reducing International Dependence and Bottlenecks in the Lithium Supply Chain

Illustration of the Axiflex Device

Improving Bone Plates for Proper Healing

A construction worker overseeing cement pouring

Concrete Produced with Less Energy at a Lower Cost

Illustration of a Protein

Accelerating the Development of New Proteins

Pressure sensitive adhesives on a sheet

Greener Pressure Sensitive Adhesives for Food, Healthcare, and Cosmetics

Fruits and Vegetables on a Countertop

Low-Cost, Simple, and Fast Chemical Sensing

An Illustration of the Plasma Patch Technology

Better Burn Care with Cold Atmospheric Plasma

Ecsema on a person's arm

New Compounds to Treat Inflammatory Skin Diseases

A visualization of hyperspectral imaging

A Faster, Simpler "Super Camera"

An abstract image of a micro-bioreactor

Lower-cost Manufacturing of Cell and Gene Therapies

2025

xray image of lungs on a computer screen

Precision Tools for Lung Cancer Procedures

servers in a data center

Cooling System Software for Data Centers

Image of an oil drilling rig.

Smart Materials for Oilfield Drilling

A woman smiling in a dentist chair

Microbes to Prevent Tooth Decay

a pile of old circuit boards

Mechanical Process for Electronic Waste Recycling

us-device

Targeted Drug Delivery with Ultrasound

A person places their hands on their inflamed knee

New Osteoarthritis Treatment and Tissue Regeneration

Different shaped magnets arranged on a table

Low-Temperature Manufacturing of Soft Magnets

2024

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Safer Fabrics Without Forever Chemicals

Samples of Lionglass on a steel table

Recycling and Cullet Compatibility of LionGlass

closeup image of an eye

Healing Eyes After Cataract Surgery

microscopic view of the granules

Nature-Inspired White Pigment Alternative

an image of the brain

Suppressing Neurodegeneration via Small Molecule Inhibitors