 1998 – HJF Fellowship program is initiated, with awards presented annually to an outstanding graduate student at USU.2000 – HJF employs nearly 1,200 scientific, medical, management and administrative personnel and ranks in the top 7 percent of all NIH-funded organizations.2000 – In partnership with USU, HJF establishes the Joint Office of Technology Transfer to help scientists expedite their novel inventions, devices and technologies.