Morris W. Foster

Old Dominion University Research Foundation promotes educational objectives. The firm promotes the educational objectives of the university by fostering and conducting investigation, research, and development in engineering, the physical and life sciences, the humanities, education, and all other branches of learning and utilizing. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Norfolk, VA.

Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. (SURA) operates as an association of colleges and universities. It is the consortium of universities and colleges in the southern and eastern United States. It sponsors research projects in engineering, biology, physical and natural sciences. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.