2025 ART Symposium

UD is an inaugural member of the NSF’s Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program, which seeks to build capacity and infrastructure for translational research at U.S. higher education institutions and to enhance their role in regional innovation ecosystems. This session will introduce attendees to resources available on campus to accelerate their research translation efforts. Resources to be discussed include: Horn Entrepreneurship, Hen Hatch: UD Startup Funding Competition, UD Venture Development Center, I-Corps, and more! UD community members will then attest to the benefits they have realized from these resources. This will be followed by an opportunity to ask questions about how to get involved.

This session will provide attendees with lunch and the opportunity to engage in discussions to facilitate their research translation efforts at thematic tables. Thematic tables will include: What makes for a good research translation project/pilot, how to initiate industry partnerships, how to get recognized for your innovation and entrepreneurship efforts with promotion and tenure, and more!

This session will feature faculty recipients of the Seed Translational Research Project funding and are conducting translational research here at UD. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from and engage with research teams at various stages of their translation efforts.

This session will explore how researchers can diversify their funding portfolios by engaging with corporate partners—an increasingly important source of support for applied and translational research. Attendees will hear from a UD faculty member who has a successful industry partnership and gain practical insights into the types of industry partnerships available, how to communicate the value of their work to corporate audiences, and best practices for initiating and managing successful collaborations.

The mission of the ARTISAN network and the ART/IEDH Postdoctoral Fellowship program are to engage undergraduate students and postdoctoral fellows in high-impact, user-centered, translational research. This session will showcase the impressive work that the students and postdoctoral fellows have accomplished this year. Attendees will have the opportunity to see the innovative technology up close and ask questions of our innovators.