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UK’s innovation program expands opportunities for successful research, technology

The UK I-Corps Program provides experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering.

May 2023 OTC Webinar: Overview of License & Option Agreements

Join us to learn about license and option agreements, why we require licensees to submit development and royalty reports, the types of information required for these reports and so much more! Presenters: Eric Castlen, Senior Associate Director, Contracts, UK Office of Technology Commercialization Ali Bocook Yankey, Senior Contracts Coordinator, UK Office of Technology Commercialization Natalie Damron McCormick, Senior Contracts Coordinator, UK Office of Technology Commercialization

February 2023 UK Innovate Newsletter

The February issue of the Innovation Insider Newsletter is available.

UKWIN 2023: Funded Female Founders Panel

Online registration is closed. If you would like to attend the event and have not registered, you can register onsite beginning at 3:00 pm. Join us for our UKWIN Event featuring a panel discussion on the book - Funded Female Founders: How to traverse the uneven playing field and secure funding to grow your business.  Moderator: Mandy Wilson Decker, Registered Patent Attorney, Stites & Harbison, PLLC Panelists:

OTC March 2023 Webinar: Shifting Technology Commercialization to the Fast Lane

A new model for rapidly accelerating technology commercialization is gaining national popularity. Venture Builders align talent, funding, and industry-specific resources around disruptive technologies to shift commercialization to the fast lane.  In this session, three venture builders will share their models and expectations, and Kendra Stenzel, UK OTC Commercialization Manager, will share the university's view.  Moderator:

UK alum co-founds app that turns outdoor exercise into a giant game

Destin George Bell graduated from UK in 2020 with a degree in marketing from the Gatton College of Business and Economics. He’s now the CEO and co-founder of the smartphone app Card.io, a gamified app turning any outdoor movement into a social competition.

January 2023 UK Innovate Newsletter

The January issue of the Innovation Insider Newsletter is available.

December 2022 UK Innovate Newsletter

The December issue of the Innovation Insider Newsletter is available.

UK researchers pitch infection, cancer, Alzheimer’s innovations to potential investors

Three University of Kentucky researchers presented their work in November at an academic bioscience showcase in New Orleans called BIO on the BAYOU.

November 2022 UK Innovate Newsletter

The November 2022 issue of the Innovation Insider Newsletter is available.