Letter from UT President, Dr. Joe DiPietro: Across the University of Tennessee System, our faculty and students are conducting important research and making discoveries that impact the lives of everyday citizens. Some of this research has potential for commercialization, and I am proud to say our UT Research Foundation (UTRF) has been making big strides (read more)
UTRF News
Tennessee Venture Challenge to Award $25,000 to UT Startups
University of Tennessee (UT) researchers will be competing for a chance to win $25,000 and the opportunity to turn their idea into a startup company in the Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC), a new business plan competition sponsored by the UT Research Foundation (UTRF). UT researchers are constantly inventing new technologies, many of which go on (read more)
UTHSC Startup Launches First Product
In an effort to better engage her students in a post-clinical conference, Dr. Hallie Bensinger, a University of Tennessee Health Science Center advanced practice nurse and instructor, found herself strolling through the aisles of a school supply store on Easter weekend of 2010 in hopes of finding fake money to hand out in a Jeopardy-style (read more)