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FY 2025 Highlights

1,275 TOTAL CORPORATE ENGAGEMENTS in FY 2025

117 TOTAL INNOVATIONS DISCLOSED IN FY 2025

28 TOTAL PRIMARY SOCIAL INNOVATION DISCLOSURES SUBMITTED in FY 2025

61 TOTAL PATENTS ISSUED WORLDWIDE IN FY 2025

Lockheed x UK

LOCKHEED MARTIN EXPANDS AT UK’S COLDSTREAM RESEARCH CAMPUS

Lockheed Martin has opened a new Engineering Center of Excellence at the University of Kentucky’s Coldstream Research Campus, adding up to 70 full-time jobs in Lexington. The facility will provide critical engineering support for transformative technologies while expanding the company’s presence in the Commonwealth, where it already employs more than 1,500 people. 

The opening builds on the recently announced partnership between Lockheed Martin and the University of Kentucky through UK Innovate. 

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Job Posting: Contract Specialist for UK Innovate

UK Innovate is hiring a Contract Specialist to join the Technology Commercialization team at the University of Kentucky. This role supports the drafting and negotiation of agreements that advance research translation, industry partnerships and intellectual property commercialization across the university.The position works closely with faculty innovators and external partners to help move university technologies to market and strengthen UK’s innovation ecosystem.

University of Kentucky to receive laboratory equipment from US WorldMeds valued at $1.34 million

UK will receive a donation of laboratory equipment, valued at $1.34 million, from US WorldMeds, a privately held pharmaceutical company headquartered in Louisville, Ky.

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