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'''[[University of Georgia Student Priorities|Click here to see UGA University Innovation Fellow Student Priorities]]'''
===<span style="color:#800000;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-size:large;">Landscape Canvas</span></u></span>===
===<span style="color: rgb(152, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large; background-color: transparent;">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>===
'''Campus-wide'''<div>
*<small>Student Industry Fellows Program</small>
*<span style="font-size:smaller;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Innovation Bootcamp through Innovation Gateway</font></span>
*<span style="font-size:smaller;">New Materials Innovation Center</span>
*<span style="font-size: smaller;">Student Center for Entrepreneurship (Studio 225)</span>
*<span style="font-size: smaller;">UGA Idea Accelerator Program</span>
*<small>Experiential Learning</small>
*Innovation Hub
*Georgia Magazine
*Dawg Camp Innovate
*<small>International Coffee Hour <span style="font-size: smaller;"> </span></small>
**<div><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Scientists</span></span></span></span></div>
**<div><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Senior Design</span></span></span><br /></div>**<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smaller; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Innovation and Discovery Challenge Clusters</span><br /div>*<div>'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">College of Family & Consumer Sciences</span>''' - Social Entrepreneurship <br /div>**<div>Social Entrepreneurship '''College of Agriculture & Environmental Science''' - UGA Fabricate </div>'''Non-UGA Resources'''**<divspan style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><spanid="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Four Athens (Non-UGA resources)</span></span></span></divspan>**<divspan style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><spanid="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Athens Hatch (Non-UGA resources)</span></span></span></divspan>**<divspan style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><spanid="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hackyard Athens (Non-UGA resources)</span></span></span></divspan>
===<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></u></span>===
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<li>'''Purpose''': These organizations and programs at the University of Georgia are dedicated to advancing research, fostering innovation, and translating academic expertise into real-world applications and economic growth.</li><li>'''Proponents''':</li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''The Georgia BioBusiness Center (GBBC)''': The BioBusiness Center works with startups based upon UGA developed research and recruited companies with research and technology ties to the University of Georgia.</span></li><li>'''The Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)''': The Georgia Research Alliance expands research and commercialization capacity in Georgia’s universities to launch new companies, create high-value jobs and transform lives.</li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">'''The Office of Research''': The office designed the Faculty Innovation Fellows Program to support faculty who want to engage in commercialization and product development.</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">'''The College of Education''': The College of Education works directly with the Office of Information Technology to give faculty the opportunity to enhance their teaching skills through the Innovation in Teaching Technology (ITT) Faculty Academy.</span> </li>
===<span style="color:#800000;"><u><span style="font-size:large;">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</span></u></span>===
* '''Purpose''': The University of Georgia (UGA) plays a vital role in supporting the technology transfer function through its Innovation Gateway. This platform serves as a bridge, linking the UGA community with the industry, to harness university expertise and inventions for societal benefit, economic growth, and enhancing research visibility. Central to this effort is the University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF), responsible for managing all intellectual property within the institution. Among its core functions are the assessment of technology disclosures for their patentability and commercial viability, the protection and maintenance of intellectual property rights, and fostering technology marketing and partnership opportunities. Additionally, the Innovation Gateway handles critical aspects like compliance for licensed technologies and providing support for early-stage funding prospects. For faculty, educational resources are available through streamlining research collaborations, ensuring proper material transfer and confidentiality stipulations.* '''Proponents''':
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<li>'''The Georgia BioBusiness Center (GBBC)''': The Georgia BioBusiness Center works with startups based upon UGA developed research and recruited companies with research and technology ties to the University of Georgia.</li>
===<span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(152, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaborations</span></span></span>===
*'''Purpose''': Through these dedicated offices, research initiatives, and innovative centers, UGA actively promotes interdisciplinary research, technological advancement, and economic development, thereby catalyzing new discoveries, startups, and collaborations that strengthen university-industry relationships and our community.
*'''Proponents''':
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<li><span style="font-size:small;">'''UGA Office of Research''': The Office of Research encourages and supports innovative interdisciplinary research, scholarship and creative activities. Industry members can sponsor research, engage start ups, access research services, and license technologies and digital images. </span></li>
===<span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(152, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Engaging with Regional and Local Development Affairs</span></span></span>===
*'''Purpose''': These entities and programs collectively showcase the University of Georgia's commitment to economic development, community engagement, leadership development, environmental stewardship, education, and support for rural students. They play vital roles in extending the university's resources and expertise to benefit the state and its residents.
*'''Proponents''':
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<li>'''UGA Office of Economic Development''': The mission of the Office of Economic Development is to extend the resources of the university to help Georgia and beyond prosper, working every day to improve the quality of life for Georgians. Based in Atlanta, the office serves businesses and communities throughout the state. Established in 2013, the office enhances the university's role in industry collaboration
<li>'''UGA Office of Community Relations''': The Office of Community Relations at UGA functions to build strong partnerships and links between the University and the Athens-Clarke County community, government, businesses, neighborhoods, non-profit organizations and community leaders and individuals.
<li>'''UGA Public Service & Outreach''': UGA is a national leader in university outreach with faculty, staff and students in all of UGA’s schools and colleges contributing to Georgia’s short- and long-term prosperity. In addition, eight Public Service and Outreach units focus specifically on serving Georgia.
<li>'''Purpose'''ul style="margin-top: UGA is recognized as a national leader in university outreach. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni from all UGA schools and colleges contribute to Georgia's short0pt;margin- and long-term prosperity through various outreach activities from the booming city of Atlanta to rural areas as well.</libottom:0pt;"><li>'''ProponentsPrograms''':
*<span style="font-size:smaller;">Archway Partnership</span>
*<span style="font-size:smaller;">Carl Vinson Institute of Government > PROPEL (Planning Rural Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Leadership) program, which strives to guide low-income rural cities and counties through a six-step model to develop and implement a plan to advance their rural economies.</span>