R856-3-2. Purpose and Goals  


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  •   (1) USTAR's University Technology Acceleration Grants (UTAG) provide funding to individual researchers or research teams employed by a Utah not-for-profit college or university to support research, discovery and innovation that has a strong market potential.

      (2) The goals of the program are to:

      (a) enhance the state's innovation system by supporting the development of technology within Utah universities;

      (b) accelerate the creation of high-potential technology companies in the state leading to the creation of high-paying science and technology jobs in Utah.