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The Goals

Increase significantly the number of business start-ups that develop from university research activity

U of L has become much more successful at transferring the results of university research into commercial enterprise. While the university could claim no business start-ups in 1999, it is now responsible for starting 18 businesses. The success continues. Recently, Kentucky’s Economic Development Finance Authority gave $750,000 to help MetaCyte, a business incubator operated by U of L, Jewish Hospital and Norton HealthCare, create and launch new life-sciences companies.