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.

• September 4: FDA Medical Device Regulatory Foundations, workshop hosted by the Wallace H. Couter Center, see link for registration
• September 17: CvilleBioHub BioDiscovery and BioSpark Pitch Competition - application open now! Get your tickets to attend.
• September 25: Virginia Catalyst Grant Round 20 LoI due
• 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.