Press release from UF Innovate
BY ANDREA DAUTANT AND KAIBRY STAGGS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its seventh annual Standing InnOvation event on Wednesday, October 30, to acknowledge and celebrate research discoveries by University of Florida innovators in fiscal year 2024.
Standing InnOvation gives innovators a well-deserved “standing ovation” for disclosing, optioning, or licensing their innovations during the fiscal year. The number of disclosures, options, and licenses coming through the UF Innovate | Tech Licensing office continues to grow annually. In the 2024 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, innovators disclosed 372 new technologies, licensed 121, and started 9 startup companies.
This year’s celebration was a full-day affair. The morning featured two keynotes and a book signing at Insights and Innovation with David S. Rose at Santa Fe College’s Blount Center. Rose is a serial entrepreneur and investor who’s known as an industry guru on the two topics he covered in his talks: Finances 101 and How to Pitch Your Startup.