This story was originally published by the PIVOT Center.

The University of Utah hosted its first Innovation Awards on Monday where we celebrated U researchers who are going above and beyond to translate their research into solutions to today’s problems.

The highlight of the program was recognizing the recipients of the eight Innovation Awards, but we also recognized those contributing to the U’s innovation culture in fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) by patenting technologies, receiving commercialization specific grants (the Ascender Grant and SBIR/STTR), learning how to form companies in the I-Corps program and forming a National Academy of Inventors chapter.

To read the full article, including the list of recipients, click here.