In July 2018 the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released their report on “Closing the Gender Gap on Patenting and Innovation”, a study of programs around the country identified as national models for helping to address the gender gap in commercialization. The report focused on only 7 programs nationally, one of which is the Empowering Women in Technology Startups (EWITS) program developed here at UF. The report was released via a media event in Washington DC on Capitol Hill. READ MORE.