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<blockquote>[[File:Ugawikiheader.png|link=Special:FilePath/Ugawikiheader.png]]</blockquote><blockquote>[[File:UGA APLU Award.jpg|600px|UGA is designated by APLU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University!.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/UGA_APLU_Award.jpg]]</blockquote><blockquote>'''Picture above:&nbsp;[http://www.uga.edu/about_uga/profile/uga-an-economic-engine-for-the-state/#.VK6MtqJyn6E.facebook <span style="color:#b22222;">A leader in innovation and economic engagement, UGA was designated as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the nation's oldest higher education association!</span>]'''</blockquote><blockquote>'''[[University of Georgia Student Priorities|Click here to see UGA University Innovation Fellow Student Priorities]]'''</blockquote><blockquote><span style="color:#800000;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-size:large;">Landscape Canvas</span></u></span></blockquote><blockquote>[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lvc1c9V0U_p8RyEYDWwsC_tuqUZbqzbAwxPOqHqzRHk Landscape Canvas Spreadsheet]</blockquote><blockquote><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></blockquote><blockquote>'''Campus-wide'''</blockquote><div><blockquote><small>Student Industry Fellows Program</small></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Innovation Bootcamp through Innovation Gateway</font></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;">New Materials Innovation Center</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size: smaller;">Student Center for Entrepreneurship (Studio 225)</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size: smaller;">UGA Idea Accelerator Program</span></blockquote><blockquote><small>Experiential Learning</small></blockquote><blockquote>Innovation Hub</blockquote><blockquote>Georgia Magazine</blockquote><blockquote>Dawg Camp Innovate</blockquote><blockquote><small>International Coffee Hour <span style="font-size: smaller;">&nbsp;</span></small></blockquote><blockquote>'''Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication'''</blockquote></div><blockquote><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;">New Media Institute</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><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;">TedxUGA</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote>Digital Drive Thru</blockquote><blockquote><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;">Cannes Creativity Festival Abroad</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote>The Red & Black</blockquote><blockquote><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;">Arts Careers and Entrepreneurship Day</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><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;">Arts Career Entrepreneurship Space (ACES)</span></span></span></span></blockquote><div><blockquote><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">'''Terry College of Business'''</span></blockquote></div>

*<div><blockquote>'''[[University of Georgia Student Priorities|Click here to see UGA University Innovation Fellow Student Priorities]]'''===<span style="font-sizecolor:smaller#800000;">Society of Entrepreneurs</span></blockquote></div>*<div><blockquoteu><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-size:smallerlarge;">UGA's Next Top EntrepreneurLandscape Canvas</span></blockquoteu></divspan>===

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*<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;">UGA Idea Accelerator Program</span></blockquote></div>*<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;">=<span style="font-familycolor: arialrgb(152, helvetica0, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation</span></span></blockquote></div>*<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serifArial; background-color: transparent;">Innovative Business Projects</span></span></blockquote></div>*<div><blockquote><span style="fonttext-sizedecoration:smallerunderline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-familysize: arial, helvetica, sans-seriflarge; background-color: transparent;">Promoting Student Innovation Managementand Entrepreneurship</span></span></blockquote></div>*<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white='''Campus-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Interdisciplinary certificate in Entrepreneurship</span></span></blockquote>wide'''</div>*<divsmall><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">MBA with a Concentration in EntrepreneurshipStudent Industry Fellows Program</span></span></blockquote></divsmall>*<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span stylefont face="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurship CertificateInnovation Bootcamp through Innovation Gateway</spanfont></span><br /></blockquote></div>*<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurs and New Materials Innovation Summit</span>Center</span><br />Music Business Certificate <br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">​</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">'''College of Engineering'''</span></blockquote></div>**<div><blockquote><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;">Student Center for Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Scientists</span>(Studio 225)</span></span></span></blockquote></div>**<div><blockquote><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Senior DesignUGA Idea Accelerator Program</span>*</spansmall>Experiential Learning</span></blockquote></divsmall>*Innovation Hub*Georgia Magazine*Dawg Camp Innovate*<div><blockquotesmall>International Coffee Hour <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 />'''<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&nbsp; background-color: transparent;">College of Family & Consumer Sciences</span>''' - Social Entrepreneurship <br /> '''College of Agriculture & Environmental Science''' - UGA Fabricate</blockquote></divsmall>

<blockquote>'''Non-UGA ResourcesGrady College of Journalism & Mass Communication''' </blockquote><blockquotediv> *<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;">Four AthensNew Media Institute</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote>*<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;">Athens HatchTedxUGA</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote>*Digital Drive Thru*<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;">Hackyard AthensCannes Creativity Festival Abroad</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote>*The Red & Black*<span style="colorfont-size: rgb(128, 0, 0)smaller;"><u><span style="font-sizefamily: largearial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></u></spanid="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Arts Careers and Entrepreneurship Day</blockquotespan><blockquote/span></span>'''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.</blockquotespan>*<blockquote>'''Proponents'''span style="font-size:</blockquote><blockquotesmaller;"><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></blockquote><blockquote>'''The Georgia Research Alliance id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Arts Career Entrepreneurship Space (GRAACES)''': The Georgia Research Alliance expands research and commercialization capacity in Georgia’s universities to launch new companies, create high-value jobs and transform lives.</blockquotespan></span></span></span><blockquotediv><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">'''The Office Terry College of ResearchBusiness''': The office designed the Faculty Innovation Fellows Program to support faculty who want to engage in commercialization and product development.<</span></blockquotediv> *<blockquotediv><span style="whitefont-spacesize: pre-wrap; background-color: transparentsmaller;">'''The College Society 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.<Entrepreneurs</span></blockquotediv>*<blockquotediv><span style="font-size:smaller;">'''UGA Research Foundation (UGARF)'''s Next Top Entrepreneur</span> </div>UGA Launch Pad*<div><span style="font-size: This foundation is responsible for managing intellectual property, technology transfer, and commercialization of research discoveries made by smaller;">UGA faculty and staff. They work with faculty to protect and license their innovations and innovations.Idea Accelerator Program</span></blockquotediv>*<blockquotediv>'''Innovation Gateway'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family: The Innovation Gateway facilitates the transfer of technologies developed at the university into the marketplace. They offer support in patentingarial, licensinghelvetica, and forming startup companies based on UGA research.sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation</blockquotespan><blockquote/span><span style="color:#800000;"/div>*<udiv><span style="font-size:largesmaller;">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</spanstyle="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Innovative Business Projects</uspan></span></blockquotediv>*<blockquotediv>'''Purpose'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white-space: The University of Georgia (UGA) plays a vital role in supporting the technology transfer function through its Innovation Gateway. This platform serves as a bridgepre-wrap; font-family: arial, linking the UGA community with the industryhelvetica, 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 viabilitysans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Innovation Management</span></span></div>*<div><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, the protection and maintenance of intellectual property rightshelvetica, and fostering technology marketing and partnership opportunities. Additionally, the Innovation Gateway handles critical aspects like compliance for licensed technologies and providing support for earlysans-stage funding prospects. For faculty, educational resources are available through streamlining research collaborations, ensuring proper material transfer and confidentiality stipulations.serif; background-color: transparent;">Interdisciplinary certificate in Entrepreneurship</blockquotespan><blockquote/span>'''Proponents''':</blockquotediv>*<blockquotediv>'''The Georgia BioBusiness Center (GBBC)'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="white-space: The Georgia BioBusiness Center works with startups based upon UGA developed research and recruited companies pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">MBA with research and technology ties to the University of Georgia.a Concentration in Entrepreneurship</span></span></blockquotediv>*<blockquotediv><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340size:smaller;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">'''The Technology Commercialization Office (TCO)Entrepreneurship Certificate</span></span><br /></div>*<div><span style="font-size:''' This office focuses on commercialization of new research smaller;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurs and products. It also supports the Innovation Gateway, which serves the UGA community by connecting industry with university expertise and inventions for the public good, promoting economic development and increasing research visibility.Summit</span></span><br /span>Music Business Certificate <br /blockquote><blockquotebr /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">'''The Technology Commercialization Office (TCO)​</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color:transparent;">'''College of Engineering'' helps promote UGA's research mission, both domestically and internationally, licensing, outreach and a robust internship program.</span> </blockquotediv>**<blockquotediv>'''The University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)<span style="font-size:''' This foundation is responsible for administering all intellectual property at The University of Georgia. The functions includesmaller;"><span style="font-family: evaluating technology disclosures for patentability and commercial potentialarial, intellectual property prosecution and maintenance (patentshelvetica, trademarks, plant variety protection certificates, copyrights, or trademarks) on university technology, technology marketing and partnering, manage compliance issues for licensed technology company formation and identification of earlysans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-stage funding opportunities, receiving and distributing license income, faculty education on startup, patenting and technology commercialization processes.</blockquoteguid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><ul span style="marginvertical-topalign: 0ptbaseline; marginwhite-bottomspace: 0pt;"><li><blockquote></blockquote><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Scientists</span></span></lispan></span></uldiv>**<blockquotediv><span style="font-size:largesmaller;"><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:arial,helvetica,sans-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340serif;"><span style="fontwhite-familyspace: Arialpre-wrap; background-color: rgb(152, 0, 0)transparent; font">Senior Design</span></span></span></div>**<div><span style="font-weightfamily: bold; textarial, helvetica, sans-decoration: underlineserif; verticalfont-alignsize: baselinesmaller; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaborations</span>Innovation and Discovery Challenge Clusters</span><br /span></blockquote><blockquote>'''Purpose'''<span style="font-family: Through these dedicated officesarial, research initiativeshelvetica, and innovative centers, UGA actively promotes interdisciplinary research, technological advancement, and economic development, thereby catalyzing new discoveries, startups, and collaborations that strengthen universitysans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-industry relationships and our community.</blockquote><blockquotewrap; background-color: transparent;">'''Proponents''':​</blockquotespan><blockquote/span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-sizefamily: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color:smalltransparent;">College of Family & Consumer Sciences</span>''' - Social Entrepreneurship <br /> '''College of Agriculture & Environmental Science''' - UGA Fabricate </div>''''Non-UGA Office of ResearchResources'''**<span style="font-size: 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.&nbspsmaller;"></spanstyle="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></blockquote><blockquotespan id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="fontvertical-sizealign:smallbaseline;">'''UGA Office of Economic Development'''white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: The mission of the Office of Economic Development is to extend the resources of the university to help Georgia and beyond prospertransparent;">Four Athens</span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, 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 collaborations.sans-serif;"></span></blockquote><blockquoteid="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="fontvertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-sizecolor:smalltransparent;">'''Downtown Connector''': UGA Office of Economic Development link to reach potential industry partners in the area.Athens Hatch</span></span></blockquotespan><blockquote/span>**<span style="font-size:smallsmaller;">'''Innovation Gateway'''<span style="font-family: Innovation Gateway fosters a network of industryarial, economic developmenthelvetica, and university partners, amplifying its ability to develop new products and companies based on the university resarch. Since 2015, new invention disclosures and licensing revenues are up 30 percent, startup projects have increased 40 percent, and more than 20 startup companies have been launched.&nbspsans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hackyard Athens</span></blockquotespan><blockquote/span></span> ===<span style="fontcolor: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><u><span style="font-size:smalllarge;">'''Food Product Encouraging Faculty Innovation & Commercialization Center''': Created by the Department of Food Science and Technology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the center forms a strategic alliance with external marketing, technology, and engineering groups to help food companies take a new product from conception, through consumer research, formulation, prototyping, shelfEntrepreneurship</span></u></span>===<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-life analysis, and market launch.</spanbottom: 0pt;"></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size:small;"li>'''New Materials Innovation Center'Purpose''': With support from These organizations and programs at the U.S. Department University of CommerceGeorgia are dedicated to advancing research, fostering innovation, UGA has created a center which fulfills the local and regional need for a largetranslating academic expertise into real-scale testing facility for new materials being developed by entrepreneurs, startups, world applications and researcherseconomic growth.&nbsp;</spanli></blockquote><blockquoteli>'''Proponents''':</li><li><span style="font-sizefamily:small;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Corporate Connect'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></fontli><li> Corporate Connect is a program to connects UGA Student Veterans with '''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 organizations that desire to hire veteranstransform lives.&nbsp;</spanli></blockquote><blockquoteli><span style="fontwhite-sizespace:largepre-wrap;"><span id="docsbackground-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340color: transparent;"><span '''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="fontwhite-family: Arial; color: rgb(152, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacespace: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Engaging with Regional and Local Development Affairs'''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></spanli></span></blockquote><blockquoteli>'''PurposeUGA Research Foundation (UGARF)''': These entities This foundation is responsible for managing intellectual property, technology transfer, and programs collectively showcase the University commercialization of Georgia's commitment to economic development, community engagement, leadership development, environmental stewardship, education, research discoveries made by UGA faculty and support for rural studentsstaff. They play vital roles in extending the university's resources work with faculty to protect and expertise to benefit the state license their innovations and its residentsinnovations.</blockquoteli><blockquoteli>'''ProponentsInnovation Gateway''':</blockquote><blockquote>'''UGA Office of Economic Development''':&nbsp;The mission of Innovation Gateway facilitates the Office transfer of Economic Development is to extend technologies developed at the resources of university into the university to help Georgia and beyond prospermarketplace. They offer support in patenting, working every day to improve the quality of life for Georgians. Based in Atlantalicensing, the office serves businesses and communities throughout the stateforming startup companies based on UGA research. Established in 2013, the office enhances the university's role in industry collaboration</li></blockquoteul> ===<span style="color:#800000;"><blockquoteu>'''UGA Office of Community Relations<span style="font-size:large;">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</span></u></span>=== *'''Purpose''': The Office University of Community Relations at Georgia (UGA functions to build strong partnerships and links between ) plays a vital role in supporting the University and technology transfer function through its Innovation Gateway. This platform serves as a bridge, linking the Athens-Clarke County UGA communitywith the industry, government, businessesto harness university expertise and inventions for societal benefit, neighborhoodseconomic growth, non-profit organizations and community leaders and individualsenhancing research visibility.</blockquote><blockquote>'''UGA Public Service & Outreach''': UGA Central to this effort is a national leader in university outreach with facultythe University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF), staff and students in responsible for managing all intellectual property within the institution. Among its core functions are the assessment of UGA’s schools technology disclosures for their patentability and colleges contributing to Georgia’s short- commercial viability, the protection and long-term prosperity. In additionmaintenance of intellectual property rights, eight Public Service and Outreach units focus specifically on serving Georgiafostering technology marketing and partnership opportunities.</blockquote><blockquote>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.*'''ProgramsProponents''':</blockquote><blockquote><span style=ul style="fontmargin-sizetop:smaller0pt;">Archway Partnership</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="fontmargin-sizebottom:smaller0pt;">Carl Vinson Institute of Government <li> PROPEL '''The Georgia BioBusiness Center (Planning Rural Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic LeadershipGBBC) program, which strives to guide low-income rural cities ''': The Georgia BioBusiness Center works with startups based upon UGA developed research and counties through a six-step model to develop recruited companies with research and implement a plan technology ties to advance their rural economiesthe University of Georgia.</spanli></blockquote><blockquoteli><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-8169e881-size:smaller;">J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development</span></blockquote><blockquote2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="fontvertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-sizecolor:smallertransparent;">Marine Extension Service/Georgia Sea Grant</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size'''The Technology Commercialization Office (TCO):smaller;">Office ''' This office focuses on commercialization of Service-Learningnew research and products. It also supports the Innovation Gateway, which serves the UGA community by connecting industry with university expertise and inventions for the public good, promoting economic development and increasing research visibility.</span></blockquotespan><blockquote/li><span li><span style="fontwhite-sizespace:smallerpre-wrap;">Small Business Development Center</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="fontbackground-sizecolor:smallertransparent;">State Botanical Garden of Georgia'''The Technology Commercialization Office (TCO):''' helps promote UGA's research mission, both domestically and internationally, licensing, outreach and a robust internship program.</span></blockquoteli><blockquoteli><span><span style="fontvertical-sizealign:smallerbaseline;">UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="fontwhite-space: pre-wrap; background-sizecolor:smallertransparent;">RISE > creating community for UGA's rural students.</span></blockquotespan><ul style="margin-top'''The University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF):0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><ul style="margin-top''' This foundation is responsible for administering all intellectual property at The University of Georgia. The functions include:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><blockquote><span style="fontevaluating technology disclosures for patentability and commercial potential, intellectual property prosecution and maintenance (patents, trademarks, plant variety protection certificates, copyrights, or trademarks) on university technology, technology marketing and partnering, manage compliance issues for licensed technology company formation and identification of early-size:largestage funding opportunities, receiving and distributing license income, faculty education on startup, patenting and technology commercialization processes.</li></ul> ===<span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style-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''':<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><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.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">'''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 collaborations.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">'''Downtown Connector''': UGA Office of Economic Development link to reach potential industry partners in the area.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">'''Innovation Gateway''': Innovation Gateway fosters a network of industry, economic development, and university partners, amplifying its ability to develop new products and companies based on the university resarch. Since 2015, new invention disclosures and licensing revenues are up 30 percent, startup projects have increased 40 percent, and more than 20 startup companies have been launched.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">'''Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center''': Created by the Department of Food Science and Technology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the center forms a strategic alliance with external marketing, technology, and engineering groups to help food companies take a new product from conception, through consumer research, formulation, prototyping, shelf-life analysis, and market launch.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">'''New Materials Innovation Center''': With support from the U.S. Department of Commerce, UGA has created a center which fulfills the local and regional need for a large-scale testing facility for new materials being developed by entrepreneurs, startups, and researchers.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Corporate Connect''':</span></font> Corporate Connect is a program to connects UGA Student Veterans with companies and organizations that desire to hire veterans.&nbsp;</span></li></ul> ===<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''':<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>'''UGA Office of Economic Development''':&nbsp;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.<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>'''Programs''': *<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>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development</span>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">Marine Extension Service/Georgia Sea Grant</span>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">Office of Service-Learning</span>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">Small Business Development Center</span>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">State Botanical Garden of Georgia</span>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel</span>*<span style="font-size:smaller;">RISE > creating community for UGA's rural students.</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;">UGA University Innovation Fellowship Leadership Circle (Links to Member Wiki Pages)</span></span></span>===<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>'''[[Fellow:Guy Gober|Guy Gober]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Current'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[Fellow:Sejal Khanna|Sejal Khanna]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Current'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[Fellow:Taral Patel|Taral Patel]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Current'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[Fellow:Chiamaka Uwagerikpe|Chiamaka Uwagerikpe]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Current'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[JeDawn Gaither|JeDawn Gaither]] <span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Graduated'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[Chelsea Johnson|Chelsea Johnson]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Graduated'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[Ariel Scholl|Ariel Scholl]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Graduated'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''[[AVITAL WULZ|Avital Wulz]]''' '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(</span></span>'''Graduated'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Adam Suskin|Adam Suskin]] (</span></span>'''Graduated'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Fernando Cruz|Fernando Cruz]] (</span></span>'''Graduated'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Heather Huynh|Heather Huynh]] (</span></span>'''Graduated<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">''')'''</span></span></li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Djbradford1996|DJ Bradford]] (</span></span>'''Graduated<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">''')'''</span></span></li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Gregory Wilson|Gregory Wilson]] (</span></span>'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Graduated</span></span>'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[T. Stan Gregory|T. Stan Gregory]] (</span></span>'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Graduated</span></span>'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span>'''</li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Shalin Jyotishi|Shalin Jyotishi]] (</span></span>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Graduated</span></span>''')'''</span></span></li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Kevin Wu|Kevin James Wu]] (</span></span>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Graduated</span></span>''')'''</span></span></li><li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[Aditya Muralidhar|Aditya Muralidhar]] (</span></span>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8169e881-2c0a-ff8e-26ed-7ff97f973340"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Graduated</span></span>''')'''</span></span></li></ul> ===<span style="color: rgb(152, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Related Links</span>=== *[[University of Georgia Student Priorities|Student Priorities Wiki]]*[http://uga.edu UGA Homepage]*[https://research.uga.edu/gateway/ Innovation Gateway]*[http://engr.uga.edu College of Engineering]*[https://www.terry.uga.edu College of Business]*[http://mynmi.net New Media Institute]*[http://www.fourathens.com FourAthens]*[http://ieee.uga.edu UGA IEEE]*[http://sustainability.uga.edu Office of Sustainability]*[https://research.uga.edu/ Office of Research]*[https://www.uga.edu/community.html Office of Community Relations]*[https://outreach.uga.edu/ Office of Public Service and Outreach]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(152, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre0hp-wrap; background-color: transparent;">UGA University Innovation Fellowship Leadership Circle (Links Hk3l3x4 Link to Member Wiki Pages)</span></span></span>Launched Fellow Presentation]