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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 26, 2023) — The Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected eight applicants from its Cycle 6 for project funding.

KYNETIC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and part of the national NIH Proof-of-Concept Network.

The program offers entrepreneurial education and proof-of-concept/product development grants to accelerate the translation of academic innovations into biomedical products by investigators throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

KYNETIC awarded grants to the following applicants:

  • Mark Fritz, University of Kentucky
  • R. Kip Guy, University of Kentucky
  • Jill Kolesar, University of Kentucky
  • Andrea Behrman, University of Louisville
  • Levi Beverly, University of Louisville
  • Daniel Boamah, Western Kentucky University
  • Andrew Long, Northern Kentucky University
  • Christina Ralph-Nearman, University of Louisville

The KYNETIC program is led by the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Kentucky Commercialization Ventures.

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