Entrepreneurship sits at the heart of innovation, often driving commercialization and economic development in the state. The University of Tennessee has a wealth of innovators across the UT System who are constantly contributing their passions and skills to bring new ideas, goods, and services to the market. Committed to supporting entrepreneurial activity in the region, (read more)
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Path to Market: New License for a UTIA Technology to a Fight Billion-Dollar Agricultural Crisis
Obtaining a commercial license with an industry partner doesn’t happen overnight. The journey of bringing a technology from initial discovery to the marketplace can be a long and challenging process. Industry landscape changes constantly, and companies consistently raise the bar on the amount of data and de-risking they require prior to licensing. Commercialization occurs in (read more)
Connecting Research with Industry Partnership Opportunities to Fight a Pandemic
A University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) virologist and University of Tennessee Foundation (UTFI) fundraiser are working hard to further the holistic process of drug discovery in the fight against COVID-19 through innovative research and industry partnerships. Michael Whitt is the associate dean and chair of the Department of Medical Education in the UTHSC (read more)