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Tech Transfer
Whether helping innovators develop ideas or guiding the patent process, UVA partners with faculty, entrepreneurs and investors to bring world-changing ideas from the University into the marketplace.
The Appalachian Prosperity Project is a collaborative partnership among the University of Virginia, UVA’s College at Wise, the Coalfield region, the private sector, and the state to advance education, health, and economic prosperity in Southwest Virginia.
The University of Virginia advances economic prosperity through high-impact engagement with companies, communities, localities, non-profits, and education partners. As we begin our third century, we reaffirm our commitment to service to the Commonwealth. Explore our strategy for amplifying economic impact across Virginia.
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Industry Cluster DevelopmentIndustry clusters are groups of firms that gain a competitive advantage by co-locating in a geographic region and sharing assets, networks, knowledge, workforce training, etc. The Office of Economic Development partners with allies to help support existing and emerging regional industry clusters.
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UVA was named a National Science Foundation I-Corps Site—one of 89 such sites at universities in the nation—to help entrepreneurs consider customer feedback in developing ideas that are relevant to society and exhibit applications for commercialization.
UVA licenses technology to Type Zero so that diabetes research can transition to the marketplace and create local jobs.
Virginia-based Smithfield Foods and UVA Engineering are partnering to explore and advance regenerative medicine technologies that use porcine bioproducts.
Benefiting patients in Virginia and beyond, UVA advances research that personalizes medicine.
The University supports the emerging bioscience industry in Charlottesville by connecting projects to regional resources and priorities. The Office of Economic Development provided a letter of support for a recent grant awarded to the Charlottesville BioHub.
IMPACT
Measuring ImpactThe University of Virginia is committed to a tradition of service as a leading generator of economic and employment activity throughout the Commonwealth.
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Key InitiativesThe University of Virginia promotes economic prosperity through a broad array of programs, services and activities.
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