TTAC Partnership Program
Funds Tennessee companies building commercialization partnerships through shared innovation mentorship and industry collaboration resources.
The TTAC Partnership Program is a seed-grant initiative administered by Launch Tennessee under its Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium (TTAC) network, funded through a State of Tennessee grant contract. It provides financial support to Tennessee universities and independent nonprofits that design and run programs or events helping university researchers and startups commercialize technolog…
Programs and events run by Tennessee universities or nonprofits that support researchers and startups commercializing university research, with seed grants up to $50,000 for programs and $5,000 for events.
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