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UK, in partnership with Keyhorse Capital, the investment arm of Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, is a 2023 Capital Challenge Grant recipient.

Access to world-class and innovative resources for advances in biotech and pharma is crucial to site selection decisions.

The university received the designation from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities for its commitment to advancing economic development through innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development.

The UK I-Corps Program provides experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering. It expands programming offered to innovators through Launch Blue as a part of UK Innovate.

The University of Kentucky is a partner in the new Mid-South Innovation Corps Hub, announced by the National Science Foundation. The hub will launch in January 2023.

The University of Kentucky is a partner in the new Mid-South Innovation Corps Hub, announced by the National Science Foundation. The hub will launch in January 2023.

The startups pitched to an expert investor panel which included Nassir Criss of Sixty8Capital, Abhinaya Konduru of M25 and Joshua Taylor of Capital Factory.

The UAccel program offers business development and an experiential learning opportunity to innovators in higher education and helps determine the best commercialization path for technologies.

The UAccel program offers business development and an experiential learning opportunity to innovators in higher education and helps determine the best commercialization path for technologies.

Ian McClure, J.D., the University of Kentucky’s associate vice president for research, innovation and economic impact and executive director of UK Innovate, has been appointed to serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo.