Around a decade ago, a researcher at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTSGM) and a graduate student in her lab began to imagine creating a company based on a technology they were developing. In 2022, their initial dream became a reality. They launched Orion Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup company developing next-generation RNA (read more)
Entrepreneurship
UTRF to Launch Venture Program, Accelerator Fund for UT Startups
Read the full press release from the University of Tennessee System below: KNOXVILLE – The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) will create the Venture Launch Program and the Accelerator Fund to bring more UT innovations to the world. The benefits this kind of program will provide are numerous and invaluable,” said UTRF President Maha Krishnamurthy. “As (read more)
Applications Open for NSF I-Corps Fall Regional at UT
Applications are open for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) fall 2021 regional workshop series at the University of Tennessee. The three-week customer-discovery program will be held October 15, 28 (virtual) and November 5 at the Classroom Studio 401 in the Haslam College of Business, HBB 401. This amazing new resource allows participants (read more)