Services
- Assistance for University of Tennessee (UT) faculty, staff, students, alumni and people affiliated with
UT that want to participate in starting a new technology-based business
- Business counseling, management team coaching and preparation for capital funding through the
Center for Entrepreneurial Growth (CEG)
- Opportunity to enhance or refine your technology in collaboration with university researchers
- Access to databases and information available at the UT library
- Potential to engage with the UT Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MBA students for business and market studies
- Opportunity to access wet lab facilities and critical
instrumentation
- Participation in business-related training programs and
seminars
- Office space available at subsidized rates
Additionally, Knoxville is in a designated HUBZone,
which is a program of the Small Business Administration
designed to promote economic development and
employment growth in historically underutilized
business areas. As a result, most businesses at the
UTRF Technology Business Center will have greater
access to federal contracting opportunities.
