We accelerate passion and ideas into working prototypes, startups, patents, industry partnerships, and community and global impact. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has included the University of Cincinnati in its list of IEP Designees since 2013. The IEP program recognizes institutions that have demonstrated a meaningful, ongoing and substantial commitment to economic and community development, growth, and economic opportunity.
We achieve this at the 1819 Innovation Hub, the connecting place where UC meets the world and the world meets UC.
Have an idea that you believe could benefit the world?
Share it with our office and let us help guide you to success.
We quickly connect you to the resources you need to succeed.
David J. Adams, Chief Innovation Officer
August 2, 2021
Students from across the University of Cincinnati put their creative prowess to work during a design sprint at UC’s Innovation Hub. The challenge — a week-long think tank to generate ideas and concepts — will help enhance the interior design of the upcoming Digital Futures Complex building in the Cincinnati Innovation District.
July 28, 2021
Yoonjee Park, assistant professor of chemical engineering at University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science, developed a biodegradable drug delivery device that is activated by light, which would allow for on-demand dosing and fewer side effects for treatment of posterior eye diseases. With recent funding awards from the National Institute of Health and a Young Investigator Award from Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation, Park and her research team are testing the safety and efficacy of the device. In 2019, she also participated in UC’s Venture Lab business pre-accelerator.
July 22, 2021
Two-day Lightship Capital bootcamps in University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, the nerve center of the Cincinnati Innovation District (CID), help create serious, lasting change in access to business opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs in Cincinnati and across the region.
