Commercialization training and support resources
UF Innovate | Pathways serves to empower innovators with training and resources to support innovation and commercialization at UF. Whether you are a faculty member, postdoctoral associate, staff, or student, take advantage of these programs to enhance your knowledge and advance your ideas to market.
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Educational Programs
Need to know more about technology licensing, raising venture funds, or writing a grant? We’ve got you covered.
Startup Launch Resources
Looking for a place to host your fledgling company or how to fund it? You’re not alone. Start here.
Student Opportunities
Students who want to engage in innovation and entrepreneurship can find opportunities locally and nationally.
Development & Translational Support
If you’re trying to move your discovery from the lab to the marketplace, you might need some tools to make that happen.
Inclusive Entrepreneurship Support
UF and non-UF innovators who are underrepresented in the community can find educational and other resources here.
Address and Directions
Need to ask a question or come see us? Get our contact information, address, and directions here.
Upcoming Opportunities
Looking for training, funding support, competitions, or challenges? This is the place.
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Big Top Brewing Company Gainesville
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Bob Graham Center for Public Service
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Cade Museum
Campus USA Credit Union
Cancer Genetics Research Center
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
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UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech
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Florida Business Incubation Association
Florida Museum of Natural History
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Learn about things happening in the City at this month's Alachua Chamber meeting
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Past and Future Events
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september
BBCetc SBIR/STTR Solicitation DatesCheck out this list of soliciation dates for upcoming deadlines.
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Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Time
Year Around Event (2022)
SBIR/STTR Administrative Supplements to Promote DiversityApplications accepted on a rolling basis.
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If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to
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If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to cover the salary of a new-hire through the NIH’s Administrative Supplement to Promote Diversity in the SBIR/STTR program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. See PA-21-345 for details and application instructions.
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Year Around Event (2022)
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Is your company developing innovative new technologies targeting heart, lung, blood, or sleep (HLBS)-focused complications of pregnancy? If so, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is
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Is your company developing innovative new technologies targeting heart, lung, blood, or sleep (HLBS)-focused complications of pregnancy? If so, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is now participating in the NOSI for Small Business Initiatives for Innovative Diagnostic Technology for Improving Outcomes for Maternal Health (NOT-EB-21-001). The NHLBI is interested in projects focused on detecting, predicting, and/or monitoring HLBS disorders during pregnancy and/or the post-partum period, as well as projects that enhance the monitoring and management of women with existing HLBS-specific disorders and risk factors who enter pregnancy or are considering becoming pregnant.
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(Monday) 5:00 pm
21sepAll Day23Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) - Life Sciences Nation
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The Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) conference series connects start-ups and early-stage investors and strategic channel partners. Life Science Nation is pleased to
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The Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) conference series connects start-ups and early-stage investors and strategic channel partners. Life Science Nation is pleased to announce that RESI returns to an in-person format September 21-22 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. September 23 is a day dedicated to digital partnering for virtual and in-person attendees to take advantage of. In-person attendees can expect two days of active partnering, interactive panels, educational workshops, and live pitch sessions. Virtual attendees can still benefit from access to content recordings, as well as a single day dedicated exclusively to digital partnering.
Registration for RESI Boston is now open! Sign up today and save 50% when you use the code: M2D250
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september 21 (Wednesday) - 23 (Friday)
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Join UF Innovate for 2 free, engaging and fun events: 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Meet UF Innovate I Tech Licensing officers and learn about commercialization
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Join UF Innovate for 2 free, engaging and fun events:
3:30 – 4:30 pm – Meet UF Innovate I Tech Licensing officers and learn about commercialization of academic innovations and how you can build a career in technology transfer. Please register.
4:30 – 6 pm – UF Innovate | Accelerate @ The Hub welcomes all North Central Florida entrepreneurs to Innovation Hour a regular networking hour, full of great conversation, refreshments and snacks. Please RSVP by the day before the event at noon.
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(Wednesday) 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
UF Innovate | The Hub
747 Southwest 2nd Avenue
october
BBCetc SBIR/STTR Solicitation DatesCheck out this list of soliciation dates for upcoming deadlines.
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Time
Year Around Event (2022)
SBIR/STTR Administrative Supplements to Promote DiversityApplications accepted on a rolling basis.
Event Details
If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to
Event Details
If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to cover the salary of a new-hire through the NIH’s Administrative Supplement to Promote Diversity in the SBIR/STTR program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. See PA-21-345 for details and application instructions.
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Year Around Event (2022)
03oct11:59 pmDepartment of Homeland Security Silicon Valley Innovation Program
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Innovators with software and visualization technologies capable of solving supply chain and cybersecurity challenges for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can receive up to $200,000 in Phase
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Innovators with software and visualization technologies capable of solving supply chain and cybersecurity challenges for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can receive up to $200,000 in Phase I of this OTA. Successful companies over five OTA phases can receive a total of $1.7 million and a potential follow-on opportunity. Submissions are due Oct. 3.
Time
(Monday) 11:59 pm
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Your Specific Aims page is the most important page in your NIH SBIR/STTR proposal. Join this virtual classroom on October 5 and discover how to craft the strongest
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Your Specific Aims page is the most important page in your NIH SBIR/STTR proposal. Join this virtual classroom on October 5 and discover how to craft the strongest possible Aims page to make the best impression on your reviewers.
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(Wednesday) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
23oct11:59 pmFounder Institute - Black American Founder Fellowship
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The Founder Institute was founded in 2009 with a belief that there are talented people everywhere that can be empowered to make an impact on the
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The Founder Institute was founded in 2009 with a belief that there are talented people everywhere that can be empowered to make an impact on the world, regardless of location, education, race, gender, or language.
Through this program, any Black American founder in the United States who is building a startup (or who has an idea for a startup) can apply to any Founder Institute chapter in the United States for free below, and the top applicants in each program will receive free access to our pre-seed accelerator program.
Time
(Sunday) 11:59 pm
25oct3:00 pm4:30 pmCreating Value Through Intellectual Property and Industry Partnerships
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UF Innovate Presents: The Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Seminar Series Scientific innovation is made every day at research institutions. While this innovation drives the expansion
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UF Innovate Presents: The Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Seminar Series
Scientific innovation is made every day at research institutions. While this innovation drives the expansion of knowledge in a field of technology, in certain situations such innovation can ultimately be furthered and/or accelerated through industry partnerships. Learn how to use IP to maximize the potential for successful collaboration and partnership for advancing innovation at the university. Register here.
Time
(Tuesday) 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
UF Communicore Building (HSC)
1249 Center Drive
26oct11:15 am12:45 pmAI, Data and Intellectual Property – A Primer for Academic Innovators
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UF Innovate Presents: The Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Seminar Series University research is producing many inventions relating to machine learning (ML) and other artificial intelligence
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UF Innovate Presents: The Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Seminar Series
University research is producing many inventions relating to machine learning (ML) and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. These inventions involve using AI/ML for a variety of applications including in high tech and in the life sciences. Learn which IP tools — patents, trade secrets, contracts, and more — protect AI and machine learning inventions as well as the data that enable them. Register here.
Time
(Wednesday) 11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Location
UF Communicore Building (HSC)
1249 Center Drive
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UF Innovate Presents: The Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Seminar Series The development of therapeutic and diagnostic products is expensive and unpredictable. Investment of time and
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UF Innovate Presents: The Wolf Greenfield Intellectual Property Seminar Series
The development of therapeutic and diagnostic products is expensive and unpredictable. Investment of time and money to develop such products typically requires a combination of regulatory and patent exclusivities. Learn the best approaches to IP and drug/device exclusivities for life science techs to
develop a portfolio that fosters innovation and investment. Register here.
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location
UF Communicore Building (HSC)
1249 Center Drive
november
BBCetc SBIR/STTR Solicitation DatesCheck out this list of soliciation dates for upcoming deadlines.
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Time
Year Around Event (2022)
SBIR/STTR Administrative Supplements to Promote DiversityApplications accepted on a rolling basis.
Event Details
If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to
Event Details
If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to cover the salary of a new-hire through the NIH’s Administrative Supplement to Promote Diversity in the SBIR/STTR program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. See PA-21-345 for details and application instructions.
Time
Year Around Event (2022)
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The NHLBI will soon be accepting applications for I-Corps™ at NIH Program, which provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to current Phase I SBIR/STTR awardees and Fast-Track awardees in the first phase
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The NHLBI will soon be accepting applications for I-Corps™ at NIH Program, which provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to current Phase I SBIR/STTR awardees and Fast-Track awardees in the first phase of their award to help commercialize your promising biomedical technology. During this 8-week, hands-on program, you’ll learn how to focus your business plan and get the tools to bring your treatment to the patients who need it most.
Program benefits include:
- Funding up to $55,000 to cover total program costs
- Training from biotech sector experts
- Expanding your professional network
- Building the confidence and skills to create a comprehensive business model
- Gaining years of entrepreneurial skills in a matter of weeks.
To learn more, you can attend the I-Corps at NIH™ informational webinar on Wednesday, September 21st at 1:30 PM ET. To register for this webinar, please visit https://bit.ly/3q3ByAh.
All applications must be submitted through PAR-22-073 no later than November 16th .
For more information, contact Stephanie Davis, Small Business Program Coordinator (nhlbi_sbir@mail.nih.gov) or visit the I-Corps at NIH™ program website.
Time
(Wednesday) 12:02 am - 11:59 pm
30nov11:59 pmBLUE KNIGHT™ QuickFire Challenge: Next Generation Preparedness Solutions
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BLUE KNIGHT™, a joint initiative between Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS (‘JLABS’) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). Innovators from across the globe
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BLUE KNIGHT™, a joint initiative between Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS (‘JLABS’) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). Innovators from across the globe are invited to submit potentially ground-breaking ideas or technologies that aim to enhance preparedness towards future known and unknown infectious disease threats.
Up to four innovator(s) with the best potential solution can receive award funding from a total pool of $200,000 and access to the global Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS network through Blue Knight residency with mentorship from experts at the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies and BARDA.*
Time
(Wednesday) 11:59 pm
december
BBCetc SBIR/STTR Solicitation DatesCheck out this list of soliciation dates for upcoming deadlines.
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Event Details
Check out BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting’s list of Solicitation Dates to stay up to date with agency application periods!
Time
Year Around Event (2022)
SBIR/STTR Administrative Supplements to Promote DiversityApplications accepted on a rolling basis.
Event Details
If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to
Event Details
If your small business is considering hiring an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoc or research scientist, the National Health, Lungs, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has a limited number of administrative supplements to cover the salary of a new-hire through the NIH’s Administrative Supplement to Promote Diversity in the SBIR/STTR program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. See PA-21-345 for details and application instructions.
Time
Year Around Event (2022)
january
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Is your company developing innovative new technologies targeting heart, lung, blood, or sleep (HLBS)-focused complications of pregnancy? If so, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is
Event Details
Is your company developing innovative new technologies targeting heart, lung, blood, or sleep (HLBS)-focused complications of pregnancy? If so, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is now participating in the NOSI for Small Business Initiatives for Innovative Diagnostic Technology for Improving Outcomes for Maternal Health (NOT-EB-21-001). The NHLBI is interested in projects focused on detecting, predicting, and/or monitoring HLBS disorders during pregnancy and/or the post-partum period, as well as projects that enhance the monitoring and management of women with existing HLBS-specific disorders and risk factors who enter pregnancy or are considering becoming pregnant.
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm