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)
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UTRF Develops Agreement Enabling Rapid, Long-term Collaboration with Moderna to Fight COVID-19
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Tennessee Research Foundation was hard at work facilitating relationships to connect groundbreaking research from University of Tennessee campuses and institutes with industry need. At the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, UTRF entered into a hybrid agreement with Moderna to leverage technology, expertise (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. James Dale
UTHSC researcher developing vaccine to help eradicate rheumatic heart disease, saving thousands of lives each year. Anyone who has spent time around children is likely familiar with strep throat, a common bacterial infection treated with antibiotics in high-income countries. However, in low-to-moderate-income parts of the world, this seemingly innocuous infection can become deadly due to (read more)