Program Overview:
- Fund established in 2009 (13 years)
- 58 projects (with 8 renewals) including 9 Ignite pilot projects have been funded
Schools/Colleges/Offices of funded researchers: 5 (Medicine, Engineering, Curry, Data Science and Office for the Vice President for Research) - Number of departments of the funded researchers: 26
- 2022 patent fillings: 4 with 2 published and 1 pending
- Transactions in 2022: 1 executed
- Publications in 2022: 4 with 2 others pending acceptance
- Presentations in 2021:
- Start-up companies launched catalyzed by LaunchPad funding: 2 Type Zero & Slate BIO (IsletRegen is in early formation)
LaunchPad projects have received $11,897,237M in follow-on funding to date to move initial findings forward and spur diabetes innovation across UVA.