“The first important expected outcome of the ART program is growing the capacity for research translation and creating and strengthening the institutional innovation ecosystem to be more robust and sustainable.”
The University of Wyoming seeks to create a translational research accelerator program that fulfills state and federal mandates critically necessary to build the economic prosperity of Wyoming. ART will provide developmental training and capacity building based on market-driven principles for translation of innovations for the public good. The program launched in 2024 and is funded for a four-year period.
Principal Investigator: Parag Chitnis, PhD, Vice-President for Research and Economic Development
Co-Principal Investigators: Ed Seidel, PhD, President; Arundeep Pradhan, MS, Deputy Vice-President
ART Program Coordinator: Owen, Funk, PhD, Licensing Manager
Mentoring and Training Partners: Colorado State University’s CSU STRATA and Apio Innovation Transfer