{"id":6791,"date":"2023-01-27T11:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/campus-weekly\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2023-01-27T11:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:49:51","slug":"fly-for-researchers-pitch-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/campus-weekly\/2023\/01\/fly-for-researchers-pitch-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly for Researchers Pitch Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"185\" class=\"wp-image-6792 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/campus-weekly\/files\/2023\/01\/Fly1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"185\"><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce the second year of the <em>Fly for Researchers<\/em> pitch competition for UTC faculty and graduate student innovators.&nbsp;Hosted by the UTC Center for Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship (CIE) in collaboration with the UTC Vice Chancellor for Research, UT System Vice President for Research, and UT System Administration, this event will spotlight ideas that have the potential to be commercialized or licensed. Applicants must have a validated proof of concept, intend to pursue commercialization or licensing opportunities, and have submitted an invention disclosure in IDEA.<\/p>\n<p>$35,000 in internal grants will be awarded\u2014$20,000 for 1<sup>st<\/sup> place; $10,000 for 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place; and $5,000 for 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place. Awardees will be able to use this money to accelerate the success of their ideas, innovations, and commercialization objectives.<\/p>\n<p>UTC faculty, staff and graduate students from all colleges are invited to apply to pitch their ideas that have the potential to be commercialized or licensed. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated based on commercial applicability, the readiness of an idea or technology, and the information provided in the application.<\/p>\n<p>Finalists will be announced by March 20, and the Fly for Researchers Pitch Competition\u2014open to the community\u2014will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. on April 19 at the CIE in the Mapp Building, 410 E. 8th Street. Those selected will give a five-minute presentation followed by up to eight minutes of Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/tennessee.infoready4.com\/#competitionDetail\/1890688\"><u>Application Link<\/u><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications are due on Friday, Feb. 24<\/li>\n<li>Finalists announced by March 20<\/li>\n<li>Competition: April 19, 3:30-5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, email <strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;color: black;background: white\"><a href=\"mailto:jennifer-skjellum@utc.edu\">jennifer-skjellum@utc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Herrett Skjellum<\/p>\n<p>Commercialization Counselor,&nbsp;Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the second year of the Fly for Researchers pitch competition for UTC faculty and graduate student innovators.&nbsp;Hosted by the UTC Center for Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship (CIE) in collaboration with the UTC Vice Chancellor for Research, UT System Vice President for Research, and UT System Administration, this event will spotlight ideas&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/campus-weekly\/2023\/01\/fly-for-researchers-pitch-competition\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":6792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,120183,120186],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus","8":"category-faculty-staff","9":"category-students-news","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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