Events & Opportunities
The Studio is a collaborative effort between UVA Innovates and UVA’s Licensing & Venture Group. We are already collaborating across Grounds and the broader Charlottesville community to share information and opportunities with our faculty, research staff, and graduate students. We are happy to help connect you with any or all of the programs listed below. Check back here for more updates as we gather more news from our partners.
- October 10: Reimagining Our Food, Water, & Environment: A Start-up Journey, see details and register here
- October 19 - 22: Commercialization Academy — Fall 2026 (Roanoke, VA)
A free, 4-day, in-person bootcamp at RoVa Labs for health and life sciences innovators - built for researchers with actionable biotech, medtech, or health-tech research, or practitioners with a concept at the bench-testing stage. Applications are required and due by September 30.
- October 22: Molecules to Medicines (as above)
- November 10: From Research to Startup: Products and Pathways, Noon to 1:00, Rice Hall room 128, Registration required - email your name and interest to LVG-EStidio@virginia.edu
Workshop for UVA Faculty and Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Trainees Presented by the Enterprise Studio, the Engineering Office of Research & Innovation and the School of Data Science.
- November 17: Engineering the Microbiome: From Gut Health to Systemic Therapies, CvilleBioHub, registration required