From Research to Commerce

The concentration of scientific and technological assets in the Innovation Valley is supported by the channels necessary to transfer research breakthroughs into commercial possibilities.

• UT-Battelle works to commercialize research by licensing Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) technology. These opportunities support nanotech, instrumentation, and homeland security companies, among many others.
• Technology 2020 is a public-private partnership that provides access to capital, mentoring, and incubator facilities to help technology companies start and grow.
• ORNL has 20 user facilities, including the Buildings Technology Center, the Computational Center for Industrial Innovation, the High Temperature Materials Laboratory, and the National Transportation Research Center.
• ORNL’s $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source, together with its Center for Nanophase Material Sciences and Center for Computational Sciences, provides one of the few places in the world that allows private users to characterize, simulate, design, and fabricate nanoscale materials.
• The ORNL and Y-12 complexes and national research centers are incorporating new homeland security, national defense, and global war on terrorism solutions into their research and development missions.