For the past nine years, the University of Tennessee Research Foundation’s internship program has offered valuable career experience to UT law students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers interested in the commercialization process of innovations from the University of Tennessee. This year, the program has gone virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Interns in UTRF’s Commercialization (read more)
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UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Feng-Yuan Zhang
Making Electrolysis More Affordable and Efficient With zero carbon emissions, hydrogen is a promising alternative fuel and energy storage medium that may help power more vehicles, provide electricity, reduce carbon dioxide to high-value products, produce next-generation ammonia, and heat buildings in the movement toward a sustainable future. There’s just one catch: though hydrogen use doesn’t (read more)
Supporting the Entrepreneurial Community: UTRF Helps Launch Six Technology Startups in FY 2020
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)


