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The UVA Innovation Ecosystem.

Every school, program, fund, place and partner in UVA’s innovation ecosystem, on one map. Bands one through four are the University and its region; five is the Commonwealth; six is federal and national.

Each piece links to its page.Rows 1–4: the University and its region · 5: the Commonwealth · 6: federal and national

The Schoolswhere founders come from
College of A&Smost students · no unitEngineeringCoulter · VentureForwardMedicine46% of all venturesData Scienceindustry partners pgmDardenBatten InstituteMcIntireGalant CenterBatten LeadershipSocial E-ship MinorLawE-ship Clinic · IP CenterNursingno named programArchitectureDesign minorEducationminor electivesSCPS6 sites statewideWise & NOVAUVA beyond Grounds
Translationidea → venture
The Foundry1,850 studentsEnterprise Studio115 venturesBatten i.Lab22 teams · 5 schoolsGalant Center2,000+ a yearE-Cup$100K · 3 stagesCoulter Center25 startups · $1.4BManning SPARK6 × $50,000VentureForward~45 teams a yearJefferson Trust$17.8M since 2006Rolls-Royce UTC1 of 3 in the U.S.Corporate Partnersevery school has themSolutions Labsin development
Capitalventure → company
UVA LVG41 deals · 6 venturesLVG Seed I & II$20M · 2 exitsGalant Challenge$37M since 2012CAV AngelsUVA alumni network434 Accelerator$20K + servicesC'ville Angels70+ investorsBatten Grants & Fellows$1.5M since 2020Darden Venture FellowsVC pipeline
Speed & Scalecompany → industry
Innovation CorridorStrategy and ExecutionManning Institute350K sq ft · 2027Fontaine Park54 acresNorth Fork562 acresCommonwealth BioAccelerator$15M+ · 6 venturesC'Ville BioHub2,500+ jobsRivanna FuturesAstraZeneca $4.5BCODE Building215K sq ft downtownIX Park2 UVA spinoutsEmmet-Ivy CorridorSDS + entrepreneurship
The CommonwealthVirginia’s machinery
VIPC · Va Venture Partners300+ startups · $2B+Virginia Founders Fund$175M+ SSBCILab-to-Launch6 R1s · fast-trackVirginia Catalyst$40M · 75 grantsGO Virginia Region 9$4.3M BioAcceleratorProject VITAL$14.3M · 1,315 jobsLife Sciences Package$66.7M + $100M matchTech Talent Program$1.1B / 20 years
The Nationwhere the money and the mandate come from
NIH$203M to UVA · #36NSFI-Corps → Enterprise StudioDOD · DARPA · DIUdual-use → Rivanna StationARPA-H & hard-technon-dilutive before equityNIH CTSA NetworkiTHRIV is the Virginia hubCoulter Foundation1 of 9 partners nationallyKEEN · NCI Designationcurriculum · 1 of 58 centersNational industry & VCAstraZeneca · RA Capital · Droia

Explore by layer

Layer 1 · 13 on the map
The Schools

Twelve schools, each with its own on-ramp to entrepreneurship — some deep, some still being built.

Layer 2 · 12 on the map
Translation

The programs that turn a class project, a lab result or a clinical insight into a venture.

Layer 3 · 8 on the map
Capital

Licensing, seed funds, angels and grants — how a venture gets the rights and the money to become a company.

Layer 4 · 10 on the map
Speed & Scale

Seven places and the plan that links them. Most did not exist in this form five years ago — together they are what lets a UVA company scale without leaving Virginia.

Layer 5 · 8 on the map
The Commonwealth

State capital, state policy and state infrastructure that UVA founders can already reach.

Layer 6 · 8 on the map
The Nation

Federal research dollars, national networks and the industry partners that scale UVA science.