Are you excited to be on the front lines of biomedical technology development, helping to bring new products to the healthcare market? The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is the technology transfer organization for the University of Tennessee. Through its offices in Memphis and Knoxville, UTRF manages the commercialization of inventions and discoveries developed across (read more)
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UTRF Maturation Grant Funding Program: Call for Submissions
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is announcing a call for submissions for the annual 2022 Maturation Grant Funding program! The UTRF Maturation Grant Funding program aims to assist University of Tennessee innovators in advancing new technologies on the path to market by awarding up to $15,000 in direct costs to the highest ranking proposals. (read more)
UTRF startup reimagining glass recycling
Only one-third of all glass in the United States is recycled annually, and the rest goes to landfills. One reason for this disparity is that glass recycling isn’t economically friendly for many municipalities around the country. Cities that don’t have glass recycling facilities, such as Knoxville, must ship glass off to larger cities to process, (read more)