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We have seen our inventors and entrepreneurs rise to the challenges brought by COVID-19 this past year, and we are thankful and proud of each one of you. We at UF Innovate are here to facilitate your efforts as you continue to invent, create entrepreneurial solutions, and do all you can to change the world for the better. We hope this page of resources and stories about how UF Innovate research and entrepreneurs are doing their part to help in this pandemic encourages and inspires you.

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Small business owners can apply for a First Draw Loan from the Payroll Protection Program by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Applications still open.


Grants & Funding

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Looking for program development and funding opportunities during COVID-19? Visit UF’s Emerging Pathogen’s Funding webpage to learn about available grants.


Latest UF Research

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UF researchers continue to respond to the COVID-19 crisis by doing what they do best — finding answers and solutions. Read the latest research here.


Loan Guidelines

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce continues to help companies stay afloat and keep paychecks flowing and more. Details on relief package and vaccines here.


CORD-19 Dataset

Help generate new insights to fight COVID-19, collaborate with other researchers worldwide, participate in the CORD-19 Challenge. Learn more.


UF Health Facts

Get the fast facts about UF Health’s responses and learn about the work our researchers conduct to combat the global pandemic. The latest here.


Startup Advice

logo for Osage University Partners, a venture capital firmDo you have an idea for a startup? OUP’s tech and life sciences teams are offering free VC office hours to UF researchers. Sign up for a 30-minute complimentary session.


Funding Innovation

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges millions to fund innovation that tackles COVID-19 challenges. Get the latest here.


Impact on Research

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The coronavirus is a challenge impacting researchers at the university. UF Research is doing its best to keep researchers updated. More here.

UF Innovate Tech & Startups Aid the Fight

Everything You Need to Know About the Ventilator Shortage and COVID 19

Building ventilators to help COVID-19 patients could be much easier than we think. Dr. Samsun Lampotang is a professor of anesthesiology and the director of the Center for Safety, Simulation, and Advanced Learning Technologies at the University of Florida. Based on the design, Lampotang helped create 30 years ago, simple “crisis” ventilators that...
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UF/IFAS Working Hard to Deliver for the Citrus Industry

While the scenery may have changed, the work remains the same for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences citrus faculty and Extension agents. “The coronavirus pandemic has altered the daily routine but not our mission to provide research and educational service to the citrus industry,” said...
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Twelve Meditation Tips During the Coronavirus Pandemic by TAO Connect

Sherry Benton, Ph.D., founder and chief science officer of UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub alum TAO Connect, a St. Petersburg, Florida–based virtual platform that provides online behavioral health resources, says that “there’s been a lot of medical research into meditation, particularly mindfulness meditation,” that has shown it...
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Biotech Firm Picks Gainesville As It Seeks COVID-19 Vaccine

Noachis Terra Inc., a new biotechnology company that will focus its efforts on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 announced its headquarters will be located in Gainesville at UF Innovate | The Hub. Interim President Gary Ascani said the company is working on proposals to public and private investors...
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Seeing a Hand Sanitizer Shortage, UF Chemistry Has a Solution

The UF Department of Chemistry has found a creative way to use its expertise to help those on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. With courses currently taking place online, the department has begun using teaching labs — no longer buzzing with students taking part in hands-on learning — to produce...
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