Tech Transfer

Professor Gregory B. Fairchild is the first director of Northern Virginia operations for the University of Virginia.

NSF funding will allow UVA Engineering’s Link Lab to develop a new program that will train graduate students to make discoveries and then translate that knowledge into new technologies, products and services.

Mission Secure Inc. recently announced the closing of an $8 million Series A financing round led by Energy Innovation Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures.

The UVA Licensing & Ventures Group (LVG) has invested in three Charlottesville-based ventures that grew out of University research. TypeZero Technologies Inc., TearSolutions Inc., and Mission Secure Inc.

Insulin delivery technology developed at UVA and commercialized by TypeZero Technologies, Inc. received initial support from UVA's Licensing and Ventures Group (LVG).

A WMRA podcast alludes to UVA's role in the biotechnology industry in Central Virginia.

Plans are underway to create ease of connection between UVA's Research Park, CHO, and the Hollymead Town Center to benefit Virginia visitors and businesses.

The CvilleBioHub invites the biotechnology community to a reception with next generation scientists enrolled in UVA's Biotechnology Training Program.

The University has approved an academic affiliation with INOVA Health System and George Mason University.

UVA will receive funding to train teams of students and faculty research scientists to inspire effective innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.

The CvilleBioHub has been awarded over $80,000 from the GO Virginia initiative to expand and sustain the biotechnology ecosystem in the region.

UVA and UVA-Wise are considering recommendations for improving challenges faced by rural Virginians. The initiative is engaging additional Virginia colleges and universities, government agencies, and stakeholders across the state.