= University-Industry Collaboration =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At TN Tech With the same faculty that have attended VentureWell workshops are now pushing aid of grants such as NSFs I-core the development amount of a Innovation and Discovery Center. This will be a space for students from every major research on Tech's campus is expected to come and workgrow over the next few years. It will serve as a meeting ground and possibly center for entrepreneurship related clubs More and more faculty are partnering with industry leaders interested in the to turn their research being held on campusinto marketable products.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also with Thanks to these grants, the iCube and iMakerspace, and help from places like the Biz Foundry, local businesses from the aid of grants such as NSFs Inear-core the amount by cities of research on campus is expected Nashville and Knoxville now have a place to grow over discuss the next few years. More and more faculty are partnering with industry to turn their research into a marketable producthappening at TN Tech.</span></span><div><br/></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks to these grants, the Innovation and Discovery Center, and help from places like the Biz Foundry local Businesses from near-by cities of Nashville and Knoxville now have a place to go to discuss the research happening at TN Tech</span></span>
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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts<br/> =