Georgia Tech's Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER®) program recently won a prestigious award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) for its multidisciplinary approach to educating future leaders in technology commercialization.

Recognized by GCEC for Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines, TI:GER is a collaborative program of Georgia Tech and Emory University School of Law that brings together PhD, MBA, and law students in the classroom and research lab. They work together to learn about the challenges of commercializing the research of science and engineering doctoral students.

"This award highlights the fact TI:GER serves graduate students across not one but two universities," says College of Management Dean Steve Salbu. "The program does a stellar job of preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs for success, and it plays a vital role in our growth into the world's preeminent business school for management and technology."

Georgia Tech was among the world's best entrepreneurship centers recognized at GCEC's annual conference at Rice University. GCEC presented awards in six categories at the conference, which attracted more than 340 university entrepreneurship educators and center directors.

“The best of these centers were recognized by their peers for their outstanding work," said Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which co-hosted the conference. "Their efforts have far reaching effects as these are the people who are helping entrepreneurs who themselves are responsible for the most of the job creation, economic development, and wealth creation in our world.”