UF Innovate’s Innovation Fund 2025 Is Open for Applicants!

Application deadline: 5 p.m., Friday, March 14, 2025

Apply today for funding to increase the commercial potential of your innovation. 

UF Innovate is accepting applications from UF innovators seeking funding to de-risk a technology and increase its commercial value. Three awards of $50,000 each and four awards of $25,000 each will be awarded this spring. The goal of the Innovation Fund is to accelerate technology development, enhance the potential to license the technology to an existing company, attract external investment and/or facilitate the formation of a startup and thereby increase societal and economic impact.

Projects can be in any field.  The program offers coaching and funding to advance innovations. Log in here to review the program guidelines and the two-page application form. The application deadline is 5 p.m., March 14^th, 2025. If you have any questions, email us at Ask UF Innovate.