6 Purdue innovators advance their technologies through Trask funding Six Purdue University researchers have received a total of $208,628 from the Trask Innovation Fund. The fund makes awards twice a year to aid faculty and staff with their patented innovations that are being commercialized through the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization, which is housed in the Convergence Center in Discovery Park District. (Image provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Six Purdue University researchers have received a total of $208,628 from the Trask Innovation Fund to help their labs commercialize their innovations. The fund is a development program established to support projects that advance the commercial value of Purdue intellectual property. The fund makes awards twice a year to aid faculty and staff with their patented innovations that are being commercialized through the Purdue Research FoundationOffice of Technology Commercialization.