Parag Chitnis
University of Wyoming, WY·Social Science
Universities produce discoveries that could help people and grow economies, but many of them never leave the lab. This gap matters most in Wyoming, a rural state that depends on extractive industries, agriculture and tourism and has a single research university.
- Fields
Social Science
Engineering
- Topics
technology transfer
research translation
commercialization
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jan 2028
What they work on
- Create the Wyoming Translation Research Accelerator, a university-wide program that replaces the traditional market-push commercialization model with a market-driven approach to use-inspired research.
- Provide experiential training based on the NSF I-Corps model, which teaches researchers to test the market for their ideas, with an emphasis on graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
- Select and support seed translational research projects that could diversify Wyoming's economy and increase industry collaborations and startups.
More about the research
The University of Wyoming's research is turned into products and companies less often than at peer schools. This university-wide project seeks to change how research is moved toward real-world use.
Why it matters
Wyoming's economy relies heavily on extractive industries, agriculture and tourism. Turning more university research into startups and industry partnerships could help diversify it. Graduate students and postdocs could gain skills for industry careers, and under-served populations, industry and community partners in a rural state could benefit from research aimed at their needs.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Bryan Boudouris
University of Alabama, AL·Engineering
Develop an evidence-based curriculum that trains postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in translational research and prepares them for non-academic careers.
Sara Cahan
University of Vermont, VT·Education Research
Create INVEST, a university-wide initiative at the University of Vermont that provides training and resources to turn laboratory discoveries into practical applications, products and tools.
Nancy Gonzales
Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZ·Social Science
Deliver NSF I-Corps entrepreneurial training online and in multiple formats across a five-state Desert and Pacific network, to address skill gaps in launching deep technology ventures.
The school
University of Wyoming: 8 labs on PI Pages, $167M a year on research, 108 research doctorates a year.
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